Verse 1

Soldiers are brave,
Our soldiers are selfless
Stepping into harm’s way
In lands far from home.
In a flash, in a heartbeat
Young lives are shortened,
But the hand of the artist ensures

Chorus:

They’ll be forever young,
In the Portraits of Honour.
Dreams lived and dreams lost,
In their faces and eyes.
The tears of their loved ones
Hurting and healing,
Their heavy hearts broken
But bursting with pride.
There’s no answer when they ask why
They’ll be forever young.

Verse Two:

There are moments in time
That are clear in our minds
And hard to define
But determine our lives.
Ask soldiers why they go there
They’d say you’d have to be there.
Even though some comrades die

Chorus:

They’ll be forever young,
In the Portraits of Honour.
Dreams lived and dreams lost,
In their faces and eyes.
The tears of their loved ones
Hurting and healing,
Their heavy hearts broken
But bursting with pride.
There’s no answer when they ask why,

Bridge:

She awakes with a start in the middle of the night
Her mother’s intuition turned on.
He holds her and whispers,
“Everything is alright”,
But she knows that her baby is gone.

Solo

Verse Three:

The doorbell,
The colonel,
The solemn-faced padre
Confirm their worst nightmare
And the world crashes down.
The school friends,
The bedroom,
The chair at the table
Are empty,
But the memories live on

Chorus:

And they’ll be forever young,
In the Portraits of Honour.
Dreams lived and dreams lost,
In their faces and eyes.
The tears of their loved ones
Hurting and healing,
Their heavy hearts broken
But bursting with pride.
There’s no answer when they ask why,
They’ll be forever young.
Forever young
They’ll be forever young
They’ll be forever young