Countdown to Zero

The morning came like a newborn son Some of them wished it had never come Boys, not men, the chosen few To die with honour was all they knew Families and friends Waved their last goodbyes As the bright morning sun Hid them from their eyes Only the sound of engines droned Flying overhead On their missions doomed Each one a weapon and an unknown hero Lying in wait on their countdown to zero Each one a weapon and an unknown hero Lying in wait on their countdown to zero Somewhere in the mist on that far horizon Too far from home, only one destination Smoke and flames as the first one strikes Complete surprise as they wake from the night Waves rushing in more than ten feet high Zeros of death drop down from the sky Each one a weapon and an unknown hero Lying in wait on their countdown to zero Each one a weapon and an unknown hero Lying in wait on their countdown to zero To return meant death by the owner's hand To have failed in disgrace at the emperor's command Standing proud in the shadow (Standing proud in the shadow) Of that rising sun (The ghost of those heroes) The ghost of those heroes (The ghost of those heroes) The ghost of those heroes (The ghost of those heroes) The ghost of those heroes (The ghost of those heroes) A complete unknown Each one a weapon and an unknown hero Lying in wait on their countdown to zero Each one a weapon and an unknown hero Lying in wait on their countdown to zero Lying in wait on the countdown to zero