Garth Brooks

Belleau Wood

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Belleau Wood Lyrics

	


Oh, the snowflakes fell in silence
Over Belleau Wood that night
For a Christmas truce had been declared
By both sides of the fight
As we lay there in our trenches
The silence broke in two
By a German soldier singing
A song that we all knew

Though I did not know the language
The song was "Silent Night"

Then I heard my buddy whisper,
"All is calm and all is bright"
Then the fear and doubt surrounded me
'Cause I'd die if I was wrong
But I stood up in my trench
And I began to sing along

Then across the frozen battlefield
Another's voice joined in
Until one by one each man became
A singer of the hymn

Then I thought that I was dreaming
For right there in my sight
Stood the German soldier
'Neath the falling flakes of white
And he raised his hand and smiled at me
As if he seemed to say
Here's hoping we both live
To see us find a better way

Then the devil's clock struck midnight
And the skies lit up again
And the battlefield where heaven stood
Was blown to hell again

But for just one fleeting moment
The answer seemed so clear
Heaven's not beyond the clouds
It's just beyond the fear

No, heaven's not beyond the clouds
It's for us to find it here

	

Submitted by

kevin On Apr 01, 2001

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by elektric

20y ago

Wow. I love this song. So much. Because it all about finding something beautiful amongst all this ugly and hurt and stuff. Which everyone should do.

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by .tomsgirl.

19y ago

i love this song. its so nice, kinda makes ya cry

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by cursive_stars

19y ago

I love this song and I think it's kind of self explanatory if you know the history. Cool thing though, there is a movie coming out based on this event. It's a foreign film in limited release called Joyeux Noel I believe.

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by D-Shiznit

20y ago

The best part of it is that it is based on a real event. Christmas Eve, War of 1812 if I remember correctly.

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by mj85

20y ago

I'm not trying to sound like a jerk correcting you but it was Christmas in 1914 during World War I. Its a really cool story.

http://history1900s.about.com/od/1910s/a/christmastruce.htm

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by Rebelmike50

7y ago

When he says for one fleeting moment it seemed so clear heavens not beyond the clouds it for us to find it here what does that mean

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by Rebelmike50

7y ago

It is based on world war 2 cuz my grandfather told me that while he and his fellow POWs were in the pow camp they could hear the song being song and he was in world war 2

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