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Martin Eden

(15,550 posts)
21. War isn't a video game. It's up close, personal, horrific, tragic.
Tue Mar 17, 2026, 01:09 AM
9 hrs ago

H2O Man, you've often predicated your posts with some relevant classic rock. "Some Mother's Son" by The Kinks touches upon the grief of a mother whose son did not come home from war.

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Some mother's son lies in a field
Someone has killed some mother's son today
Head blown up by some soldier's gun
While all the mothers stand and wait
Some mother's son ain't coming home today
Some mothers son ain't got no brain

Two soldiers fighting in a trench
One soldier glances up to see the sun
And dreams of games he played when he was young
And then his friend calls out his name
It stops his dream and as he turns his head
A second later he is dead

Some mother's son lies in a field
Back home they put his picture in a frame
But all dead soldiers look the same
While all the parents stand and wait
To meet their children coming home from school
Some mother's son is lying dead

Somewhere someone is crying
Someone is trying to be so brave
But still the world keeps turning
The world of children has gone away

Some mother's son lies in a field
But in his mother's eyes he looks the same
As on the day he went away

They put his picture on the wall
And with a thousand picture frames
Some mothers memory remains

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On Human Beings [View all] H2O Man 13 hrs ago OP
Excellent. Thank you. LoisB 13 hrs ago #1
Thank you! H2O Man 13 hrs ago #3
We have for generations watched television shows... Morbius 13 hrs ago #2
Great points. H2O Man 13 hrs ago #5
K&R spanone 13 hrs ago #4
Thanks! H2O Man 13 hrs ago #7
We sure are faced with evil malaise 13 hrs ago #6
Thank you! H2O Man 13 hrs ago #8
Yep malaise 12 hrs ago #9
Right. H2O Man 12 hrs ago #10
If he had to personally attack Iran without some payback, it never would have happened. HighFired49 10 hrs ago #18
I suppose evil is subjective Saoirse9 12 hrs ago #11
I agree and disagree. H2O Man 8 hrs ago #22
Thank you for your thoughts. You draw attention to the questions that need asking. yellow dahlia 12 hrs ago #12
I think that was the time from a high mountain top the devil showed and promised Jesus all the kingdoms of the earth. spike jones 12 hrs ago #13
I agree AZProgressive 11 hrs ago #14
Get thee behind me, Donald. Mblaze 11 hrs ago #15
Thanks so much, H2O ... littlemissmartypants 11 hrs ago #16
Well written H2O Man. flashman13 11 hrs ago #17
I have long believed that we could eliminate a lot if evil in the world wnylib 10 hrs ago #19
Being tortured I_UndergroundPanther 9 hrs ago #20
War isn't a video game. It's up close, personal, horrific, tragic. Martin Eden 9 hrs ago #21
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