Bring him home

Words by ALAIN BOUBLIL
Music by CLAUDE-MICHEL SCHÖNBERG
From the 1980 musical LES MISERABLES

I remember hearing this at a Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance some years ago. The song is powerful in its own right, but in this setting it made the hair on the back of my neck stick up as it evoked the feelings of those who had lost their children in the name of their country. The DVD/video of the 2007 Festival of Remembrance is out now - click on the picture above for details.

God on high
Hear my prayer
In my need
You have always been there

He is young
He's afraid
Let him rest
Heaven blessed.
Bring him home
Bring him home
Bring him home.

He's like the son I might have known
If God had granted me a son.
The summers die
One by one
How soon they fly
On and on
And I am old
And will be gone.

Bring him peace
Bring him joy
He is young
He is only a boy

You can take
You can give
Let him be
Let him live
If I die, let me die
Let him live
Bring him home
Bring him home
Bring him home.