The Wall
2012 · Not On Label · USA
- Artist
- Rebecca Linda Smith
- Title
- The Wall
- Release
- The Wall
- Year
- 2012
- Label
- Not On Label
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Genre
- Country · Country Pop
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation
Rebecca Linda Smith, served in the US armed forces, as a US Army First Lieutenant.1. She released the song "The Wall" about the veterans memorial in D.C. It took a standard patriotic tribute route, praising those who answered the call to fight in "that bitter war called Vietnam". The narrator sung that "freedom is not free for the living, for the dead", thus suggesting support for the objective of the US government in going to war in Vietnam. The narrator said that the wall provided comfort to the families of the deceased.Sources1countrychart.com: Album review rebecca linda smith↩
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Veterans Memorial Wall Songs
Rebecca Linda Smith, served in the US armed forces, as a US Army First Lieutenant.1. She released the song "The Wall" about the veterans memorial in D.C. It took a standard patriotic tribute route, praising those who answered the call to fight in "that bitter war called Vietnam". The narrator sung that "freedom is not free for the living, for the dead", thus suggesting support for the objective of the US government in going to war in Vietnam. The narrator said that the wall provided comfort to the families of the deceased. Sources1countrychart.com: Album review rebecca linda smith↩
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: The names are etched on the wall, more than 58,000 in all / The fallen from the furthest to the last / More were young and fought with zeal until mortal wounds that could not heal / In a place where all grew up too fast / The wall was designed with heroes in mind / And when their names are read, we'll get to see that freedom is not free for the living, for the dead / The wall with names of lives that were lost / It can never fully count their cost / In that bitter war called Vietnam, it personifies the price they paid / The total sacrifice they made, when called to serve by their Uncle Sam... / The wall is were the living can go, to lett their brother or sister know / That their death was not in vain / It reaches out to all who come / Touching the soul of everyone / With the wall which helps to ease the pain / The wall was designed with our heroes...