So Many For The Flag

So many for the flag of their Country in battles have died In the war zones of death in Countries Worldwide But when the Last Post is played for the one who died brave The young soldier does not hear in the deep dark depths of the grave For to love your Country for it you do not have to die Since love of Country by dying for it is based on a lie Love of Country to the living can only belong And those who will tell you differently have got it wrong And though they died for their Country and for this hero worship is their due That the dead cannot love their Country happens to be true And though much of deceased war heroes is written and said And the nationalists and patriots honor the war dead For to love your Country for it you do not have to die And those who do tell you differently believe their own lie.