Echoes of a life   Resounding from in his soul   Sacrificed freedom cries   Echoes from a light   Reflections of his hard work   He was building his own life   For a soul meant to fly      He smiles like a little boy   No hope in his eyes   But cries like a grown man   Tears he never should have cried      Purity of a soul   So noble heart of gold   How easily it falls apart   Then came that great war   Looking down with evil eyes   Filling his life with... with   Horrors better left behind      I will not forget   To sing of his song   With pride and with gratitude that the world couldn't show   I wish I could sit by your side once again   To hear of adventures   And to know how you are   I'll never understand   How we've forgotten him   He witnessed our births      Echoes of a life   Reaching out from his soul   Sacrificed freedom cries   For the old man's leaving now   Echoes from the light   Reflections of his hard work   He will rise with the   Memories of a time   Sounding forever   Echoes of his life