Where no rockets fly or bullets wing
Our broken brothers let us bring
To the Mansions of the Lord.
No more bleeding, no more fight
No prayers pleading through the night,
Just divine embrace, eternal light
In the Mansions of the Lord.
Where no mothers cry and no children weep
We will stand and guard though the angels sleep
All through the ages safely keep
The Mansions of the Lord.
?”The Mansions of the Lord,” text by Randall Wallace, music by Nick Glennie-Smith, originally for the movie We Were Soldiers and memorably played during the recessional during the funeral for President Ronald Reagan:
