No reception was there, when I left Korea
and rolled into my quiet hometown
And all over America, people asking boys like me
why ain't you been around?
We didn't complain, we didn't turn back
we did what we were told back then
And how could we know, that so many years later
those days could haunt us again?

Chorus:
We heard the call from 5,000 miles away
In a place we'd never heard of before
To be a witness to things none should ever see...
To bear the pain none should endure
And we became invisible soldiers
for too long, all but ignored (we didn't talk about it, tried to close that door)
Invisible soldiers
Mmmm forgotten war

Verse:
Heartbreak Ridge, Pork Chop Hill
Closest we'd ever been to hell
(And) I watched my friends, give everything they had
for the 38th Parallel
54 thousand U.S., one million enemy
These were the costs to the Brave
(And) when the final line was drawn, smoke cleared so you could see
2 million civilian graves