Rain at Luxembourg (The Return) XI
Part 11 - Jimmy returns to Germany with his family after 30 years. Visits Luxembourg American Cemetery where he see's his brothers graves for the first time.
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Lyrics
Verse 1
Silver wings cross the ocean slow
Jimmy’s older now, moving gentle, low
His kids press faces to the window glass
Flying over echoes of the past
Verse 2
His wife holds his hand when the lights go dim
She knows the weight still lives in him
Below them lies a scarred old land
Once held together by younger hands
Verse 3
Train wheels sing through countryside green
Stations with names he’s never seen
He watches fields rush by like ghosts
Wondering which ones cost the most
Verse 4
No rifle now, no pack or fear
Just quiet miles and memories here
Still every mile feels strangely loud
Like boots still marching through a crowd
Chorus
I made it home like they told me to
I lived the life they never knew
Every row I plant, every dawn I see
I carry them quietly inside of me
Verse 5
White stones line the hill in rows
Perfect order, eternal repose
Two names carved the same as his
Time stops hard when he reads what is
Verse 6
Jimmy kneels where the grass is wet
Hands shake, breath caught in his chest
He talks out loud like they’re still near
Says, “Boys, I’m doing fine back here
Verse 7
“The farm’s still standing, the soil’s good
I kept it running like I said I would
Mama’s gone, but she held on long
Daddy lasted till the corn came strong
Verse 8
Tears hit stone, don’t make a sound
Kids stand still, hats in their hands
A wind moves soft across the ground
Like someone listening, understands
Chorus (Repeat)
I made it home, I stayed alive
Some days I don’t know how or why
Every fence I mend, every mile I roam
I built a life you couldn’t come home to
Bridge
Then the sky breaks open wide
Rain pours down like it’s been denied
Not a stormjust heaven’s cry
Falling hard from a gentle sky
Outro
Rain soaks earth, names shine clean
Three brothers still tied between
Black Iowa soil and foreign rain
Still side by side, not gone just changed
