Story Behind The Song
Valerie is wonderful best friend to Noreen, my wife. Val had done this work as a Poem originally and as a Birthday gift, I thought we would put music to her gift!
Song Description
736 IS THE THUNDER BAY COMMUNICATIONS SQUADRON
VALERIE KUCZBEL WAS A MASTER CORPORAL THERE.
For any clarification on the poem itself:
NOBLESSE OBLIGE MEANS "IS SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OR EXTENDING ONESELF TO THOSE AROUND THEM" or "NO MAN LEFT BEHIND"
Song Length |
4:28 |
Genre |
Folk - Contemporary, Unique - Patriotic |
Tempo |
Slow (71 - 90) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
Mood |
Troubled, Heartbreaking |
Subject |
Armed Forces, War |
Similar Artists |
Sarah McLaughin, Katy Musgrave |
Language |
English |
Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
736 (Valerie Kuczbel's Song)
(COPYRIGHTED 2018)
CHORUS 1:
BREATHE IN, BREATHE OUT
STAY WITH ME NOW
THESE ARE THE WORDS THAT BUZZ BY
LIGHT YEARS AWAY, LIGHT YEARS AWAY
BREATHE IN, BREATHE OUT
BREATHE IN, BREATHE OUT
CHORUS 2:
BREATHE IN , BREATHE OUT
STAY WITH ME NOW
THESE ARE THE WORDS THAT BUZZ BY
LIGHT YEARS AWAY, LIGHT YEARS AWAY
BREATHE IN, BREATHE OUT
LIKE WINGS BEATING FLIGHT
BREATHE IN, BREATHE OUT
I'M SORRY ...........I DON'T KNOW HOW
VERSE 1:
WAR IS A DAMNATION
WHERE WINNERS NEVER WIN
WE ARE SPENT LIKE CASINGS
WHILE GENERALS ARE SOMEWHERE SAFE
WE ARE NOT TO QUESTION WHY
WE ARE NOT TO QUESTION WHY
VERSE 2:
A SQUADRON'S GOT MY BACK
STACCATO RAPID FIRE
MEALS FIT FOR A RAT
RADIO MESSAGE CHARLIE FOXTROT
NOBLESSE OBLIGE MY FAMILY
NOBLESSE OBLIGE MY FAMILY
VERSE 3:
I AM BREATHLESS IN ANTICIPATIO
I CAN SEE YOU SO CLEARLY
WATCHING CLOUD CARELESSLY GO BY
YOUR LOVE WAS MY REDEMPTION
VERSUS THE MADNESS OF THE WORLD
VERSUS THE MADNESS OF THE WORLD
VERSE 4:
THE PREVASIVE FIRE DROWNS OUT
MY STUTTERING HEART
TOO LATE TO PRAY FOR SALVATION
THE HILLS ARE RED WITH BLOOD
I WOULD WRITE YOU A LOVE LETTER
GUESS I WILL FROM ABOVE
.........WILL FROM ABOVE
Notes:
736 IS THE THUNDER BAY COMMUNICATIONS SQUADRON
VALERIE KUCZBEL WAS A MASTER CORPORAL THERE.
NOBLESSE OBLIGE MEANS "IS SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OR EXTENDING ONESELF TO THOSE AROUND THEM" or "NO MAN LEFT BEHIND"