Oh, the snowflakes fell in silence over Belleau Wood that night
For a Christmas truce had been declared by both sides of the fight
As we lay there in our trenches the silence broke in two
by a German soldier singing a song that we all knew
Though I did not know the language the song was "Silent Night"
then I heard my buddy whisper, "All is calm and all is bright"
Then the fear and doubt surrounded me 'Cause I'd die if I was wrong
but I stood up in my trench and I began to sing along
Then across the frozen battlefield another's voice joined in
until one by one each man became a singer of the hymn
Then I thought that I was dreaming for right there in my sight
stood the German soldier 'Neath the falling flakes of white
And he raised his hand and smiled at me as if he seemed to say
Here's hoping we both live to see us find a better way
Then de devil's clock struck midnight and the skies lit up again
and the battlefield where heaven stood was blown to hell again
But for just one fleeting moment the answer seemed so clear
heaven's not beyond the clouds it's just beyond the fear
No heaven's not beyond the clouds it's for us to find it here
Garth Brooks
oscus teacher
