They lived as ghosts Between the light and the dark Leading their lives as dead men Gone without the funeral Buried beneath headstones without dates No green fields to tread upon And see their names No flowered coffin to cry upon They were the chosen The few To fight Chasing the wraiths of freedom A ghost as elusive as themselves
Dedicated to Bobby Sands 1954-1981, A warrior who gave his life the day he took his oath