‘No Tears’: Song for Sgt. Brandon Wallace, who died in Iraq

Rick and Lisa Wallace have written a song about their 27-year-old son, Army Sgt. Brandon Wallace, who died April 14 when a roadside bomb exploded near his humvee in Falluja.

The High Ridge, Missouri, couple’s song is called “No Tears,” and it’s part of a CD that many military families are requesting to mourn and honor those who have died liberating Iraq.

Rick Wallace sings the song. They are the words he and his wife imagine Brandon would say:

I was watching from a window in Heaven
You seemed so close yet so far
I could see teardrops falling that you shed for me
I saw you crying, calling out my name
I wanted to hold you, tell you I’m OK

No tears will fall in Heaven
Teardrops aren’t welcome up here
No tears will fall in Heaven
There’s no sorrow, there’s no pain
God wiped my tears away

I was walking down the streets of Heaven
I was singing with the angels round the crystal sea
I was dancing on streets of gold when your memory came to me
I wanted to tell you, though you couldn’t see
All the shackles are broken now and I am free.

We cannot forget the sacrifice of Brandon Wallace, his family, and others like them. For all the world, they have done the hard and heroic work in the cause of democracy and a lasting peace.

Frank Warner

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See: Breaking chains.

See also: Thanksgiving Day.

Comments

[jj mollo]

We should never forget the cost of war. And thereby, we will never engage in war except for sound and compelling reasons. ... And when we do engage in war, despite knowing and respecting the great cost, we should by referrence to that knowledge and respect ... take the trouble to win.

I would encourage everyone here to watch the Ken Burns documentary on World War II. It is instructive and moving.