Mary Gauthier - The War After The War
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- "The War After the War," written by Mary Gauthier, Beth Nielsen Chapman, Ashleigh Smith, Robin Kaufmann, Rebecca Sakaki, April Rodriguez, Ximena Raza and Christina Coyle.
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Who’s gonna care for the ones who care for the ones who went to war?
Landmines in the living room eggshells on the floor
I lost myself in the shadow of your honor and your pain
You stare out the window as our dreams go down the drain
Invisible, the war after the war
I get no basic training I get no purple heart
I’m supposed to carry on I can’t fall apart
People look at you and thank you for the sacrifice you made
They look at me and smile and say I’m lucky you’re ok
Invisible, the war after the war
I’m a soldier too just like you
Serving something bigger than myself
I serve unseen, caught in between
My pain the pain of someone else
I’m stronger than you think I am, I’m right here by your side
I am not your enemy I don’t want to fight
There’s no going back in time I know you’re not the same
But you are not the only one for whom the world has changed
Invisible, the war after the war
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Ms Gauthie, I come from a large Catholic Family. One of my last numerous Aunts died a cpl of yeas ago. She was a devout Catholic. She left me her Rosary, Old & Worn. She told me this " Johnny, I wore those beads out praying for you to make it back home. " She went on to say " And now Johnny, I pray my Rosary that you will survive coming home." TY! Sgt JJ Miller, USMC, Decorated, VN combat vet.
That's so beautiful! Thank you for sharing that. I hope Mary sees this, she'd probably love to see a photo of that lovely Rosary.
I don't wear my mother's wedding ring, but I take it out and hold it sometimes, and think of how beautiful the patina is after 40 years of her wearing it, and the love it represented. I was lucky to be raised by two people who loved each other for 4 decades, until death did they part (but not for long).
I'm so glad you came home, and thank you for your service! Yes, coming home can be the hardest thing. My cousin had identical twin boys, both proudly joined the Marines right out of HS. One came back and enjoying a career as a music minister, the other came back with PTSD from what he experienced in Iraq. He was severely depressed, put on a waiting list to "see someone" at the VA, but he died by suicide when months went by and that help never came.
Thank you for sharing that Sgt. Miller and thank you for your service.
In the late 70's I was in a group of Vietnam Vets and our Wives when one of the wives screamed out her pain -- " I know you lived through it -- but now I live with it "
In case nobody ever told you, Mary, thank you for your service.
Your a very special artist. I have had to meet you and exchange a few words with you twice in Louisville, Ky and once in Nashville it was an honor all three times. Made it back but the real battle started coming home. From having a lovely young lady spitting in my face. The 25 years it took to finically we come is home. It was a real war even now thank you so much for seeing the war we’ve fought in Mam and then in the US. Your understanding of what we have been through mean more than all the medals and parades could ever mean. Thank you more than I could hope to put into words.
I worked with veterans of Vietnam, Beirut, the Gulf War, and Iraq and Afghanistan, and this song appreciates their wives, the ones brave enough to stay. It's wonderful.
I had 17 years in law enforcement and EMS. After listening to this I didn't realize how much of an effect it had on my relationships wow thank you women and Men for stand behind us all
Me to, my wife is tougher than I thought after hearing this.
Wow. This is powerful. As a military spouse of 30+ years, I thank you. Our "war after the war" has led to the destruction of a 35 year marriage.
A PERFECT example of excellent songwriting!! Thank you for your service, Mary!!
In a perspective I hadn't thought about. I went to my wife of 37 years and apologized for the pain I haves caused her through the years. I was medically discharged after 22 years of service. Still at times have to battle demons I haven't made peace with. Thank you Mary.
Thanks for posting this Greg. Thanks for your service and your struggle - you're doing it so many others don't have to. Btw, this all reminds me of a great post-war story by Leslie Marmon Silko ("Ceremony"), maybe you'd like it.
TY for your service and sacrifice...Sgt JJMiiler, USMC, Decorated, VN.
Dito!!!!!don't now how this evaded my ears so long!!!
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Thank you for those of us with Veterans who are not yet diagnosed. Thank you for putting parts of my life in words. Thank you.
The Band of Brothers ..Vietnam vets organization salute you..mercy beaucoup..San Antonio Tx..🇺🇸🇺🇸
Thank You Mary for this touching beautiful song, I am a Nam vet.
I only discovered this song - and thus, this artist with a concience! - this morning, via NPR Morning Edition, wherein Malcolm Gladwell named this his current favorite song/2018 favorite song.
Malcolm Gladwell is another artist with a conscience!
(All too rare now in our supposed civil and political "leaders", and about 1/3 of our fellow American Citizens, sadly).
I may not agree with everything Mr. Gladwell writes and says, but he's brilliant, makes me think about important Issues in a different way than I might otherwise consider, (which I love to do)! 😀
Thank you Mary for the haunting and beautiful music you have shared. Music that tells stories from soldiers and stories that the rest of us need to hear. My son was in the United States Air Force and KIA in Afghanistan on the 5th of October 2010. Ever since that day I have been finding comfort and healing in music. I'm so thankful to have found you! It was just by chance. I was listening to Heartland Radio that plays mostly Americana and this song came on. I am acutely aware of anything to do with wars and soldiers, so I stopped what I was doing immediately and looked you up on TH-cam. This song though talking about someone living with a returning Vet, resonates with me too. For my family there will always be the war after the war, we are also invisible soldiers waging war with grief and loss and tragedy. Thank you for sharing and giving soldiers a voice to tell their stories.
Goosebumps tears n shiny ass wolf moon....Mary......John Prine and Mary Gauthier...word sound power heals....."music is the weapon-"Fela'
Mary, this! ‘Eggshells on the floor…” literary and sublime phrases through this driven build of a song. Invisible war after the war could describe too many of us, soldier or no. Beautiful work.
Posted to my website as "useul for Veterans with PTSD and the rest of us to help understand the 'true costs of war' ". Thank you Mary! vfp chapter #13 - Tucson
Thank you for addressing this, the great War.
Grew up a military brat-20 years. He didn’t know we weren’t soldiers. Father was sorry he had children-said so himself. Basically killed his only son’s spirit with a thousand cuts of cruelty. It was so sad to be one of the observers and part of the fallout (think literally, as in nuclear, also). Eventually I had to raise myself to become what I wanted to be, not what I was wanted to be. You never overcome learning not to make friends, just leave and go on, due to so many transfers and 13 or 14 schools. Have lived in 5 active war zones. The first I was 6-8, wore dog tag like soldiers, it had name and blood type on it. Yah, we knew it was a war zone, too much evidence even without any bombs I knew of. I suppose it was experiencing that war that prepared my not to fear the 4 that came much later in life. There were bombs in those, though not close to me. Soldiers, please love you children.☹️🥰
@ Uncommon Eyes ..
As a fellow military brat myself, I can honestly say that what you say is 💯 SCRIPTURE AND FACT .
Absolutely bang on.. I can relate. Respect for that. ✌️👍
I am the gulf war widow your song hits home for me
"There's landmines in the living room, and eggshells on the floor"
Leave it to Mary to describe my 15 years of living with a violent alcoholic *perfectly* in only a dozen words or less.
Yes, I know that's not what the song is about, but Mary's songs have a way of encompassing a lot of painful scenarios, and then gently she leads us to a place of healing. My ex lived this, his father was a monster and blamed his abusiveness to the wife and kids on the War. He used those same tactics on me, he wouldn't hit me if I wasn't always "pissing him off".
My dad joined the army in WWII also, but he never saw a battleground. He was in Hawaii installing radar in subs, a year after Pearl Harbor though. No PTSD from that.
Alcoholism is war! Couple that with violent alcoholism and rage, trauma and destruction occur. I turned 32 today, and I have 10 months sober from anything, September 2 last year was my last drink. I've come to firmly believe, alcoholics, violent alcoholics especially live a life of that similar kind of trauma that can be considered a type of PTSD. In the mind manifests this kind of uncertainty and confusion that causes outburst and for those around, it's scary. I read your comment and couldn't help but relate. 15 years of living with a violent alcoholic too, only now, he's not drunk tonight.
I lived this song. It was a lonely place to be.
7:45 pm awesome!!! Beautiful song about the families destroyed by war after the war.
Singing with Mary is Beth Nielsen Chapman!!
"Who's gonna care for those who went to the wars, after the wars?"
Nice! Great project, very moving, and perfect poetic lyrics.
The music on this song reminds me
of The Band, in the Basement Tapes era.
Very tasteful, and poignant, and delicious.
Thank you so much for your service to all who served and for having my back before my military days and after I transferred out. I think many of us have toxic situations from time to time either due to what we experienced, for others who would never understand what we went through, when the fireworks flashed in the sky for so many to enjoy but those flashes and booms were more than we could stand or maybe it was due to the time we spent in mind. My heart is with all of my brothers and sisters. I was blessed in so many ways since my journey down that narrow lane. If it wasn't for my higher power, I don't know how I would have made it. Now, that fine soldier who I met in Germany and married there, I have laid in the ground as well as my 2nd hubby; loving both but differently. May God gives us Grace and Mercy abundantly for the rest of our journey in life as we meet other fellow soldiers; as we will be a "Soldier" for an eternity.
I can't get over I'd not known sbout Mary until sering her in March with Tim O'Brien and that Heart Troubadours group they formed. I think most of the audience was there for Mary, and my husband and I were blown away by this performance. Mary is gift, I'm so glad I found her. Moved me to tears, and it's worth it.
Beautiful sentiment to a terrible situation for many
This whole album is profound! Win that Grammy, Mary. Win it for the people that you wrote about, lived with, talked with. We love you so much.
Powerful beyond words...... relative to so many situations that life throws at so many
Fantastic! You are surely an angel walking on earth Mary. Can hardly wait for your new release in January. Thank you for continuing to share the understanding you have for our brave veterans through your music and beyond.
Debbie Admussen thank you fo r your understanding comments I would swap my £100,000 job to have this crap out of my head and my former colleagues not to look at the police national computer an see me listed as a dangerous person ......respect
Thanks for noting that she has a new album dropping in January!
I only discovered this song - and thus, this artist with a concience! - this morning, via NPR Morning Edition, wherein Malcolm Gladwell named this his current favorite song/2018 favorite song.
Malcolm Gladwell is another artist with a conscience. 😀
Thanks for sharing your personal story.
I'm sure I'm not alone in saying, I'd like to know more - anything you'd be comfortable sharing now.
Thanks for your service and sacrifice to and for me, and for those I love...
As well as for our democratic values.
I respect you and appreciate the sacrifices your Family and Friends have and continue to make.
I hope you are doing better this year than last. Remember, progress, NOT perfection! And, that road of progress will be bumpy and include setbacks. As long as you can pick yourself up - with the help of your Support Network/Circle, when necessary, (and it usually is necessary that we lean on others IF we want to succeed in life at ANYTHING)😉...
If you pick yourself up and keep going forward overall, that's both success and something that will make your loved ones both grateful and your relationships ever-improving.
Best wishes!
Regards and Gratitude,
Suzanne
If you haven't been there, you cannot understand
Spot On!
Great and wonderful song Mary Thanks for sharing !!
How true!
As a combat veteran this song hit me hard.
Me too :)
I have seen Mary 4 times in England met her twice her music is wonderful she liked my joke about microwaves . "I drink" Xx love to you all
Thank you for telling our story.
Blessings to our community and friends. Peace and love for now and tomorrow.
Yes
It made my dad laugh when he used to shoot his rifle at me while I was walking down the road, I carry my mother's rosary beads with me, brings me comfort.
great song thank you so much
A wonderfully written and beautifully performed song. Thank you.
I heard "Mercy Now" on Kansas City Public Radio KKFI 90.1. What a good song to hear on the way to work.
Who's gonna care for the ones who care for the ones who went to war?
There's landmines in the living room and eggshells on the floor
I lost myself in the shadow of your honor and your pain
You stare out of the window as our dreams go down the drain
Invisible, the war after the war
I get no basic training, I get no purple heart
I'm supposed to carry on, I can't fall apart
People look at you and thank you for the sacrifice you made
They look at me and smile and say I'm lucky you're okay
Invisible, the war after the war
But I'm a soldier too, just like you
Serving something bigger than myself
And I serve unseen, caught in between
My pain and the pain of someone else
But I'm stronger than you think I am
I'm right here by your side
I am not your enemy, I don't wanna fight
There's no going back in time, I know you're not the same
But you are not the only one for whom the world has changed
Invisible, the war after the war
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You are the tops, Mary. Love your music. Makes people think. We need to do that.
My lifetime friend Kelly Knox told me about your incredible talent! Thank you for your life and song!
Glad i found you
A terrible beautiful haunting song.
Wow, what a great song !! Well done
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Awesome Mary
This is truly 😢 true words thank you for your sharing and beautiful voices ❤️ 💜
Wow.....
I love this song so much !!!
Brilliant!
WONDERFUL!!!!!
God bless you, Mary.
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Wow Mary. Love this
Thank you so much Mary and crew!
powerful Mary
Just wonderful, Mary!
Amazing song! Thanks, Mary!
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Chilling. Powerful. What a lesson…..thanks
Love this. ❤️😎👍
beautiful
So powerful!
It says it all thank you got bless you.
Chapeau!!
I really like this one!
You are amazing xx
Wow...touches your spirit!!
I love you Mary....such a giving song! Thank you for your talent and great grateful song.
Assume many thanks for sharing
Really beautiful Mary! The whole new album is, love to see you doing it live.
Thank you dear Mary. I love your song.
nice!
super
saludos
Strong and beautiful.
I just 'discovered' your music, and am completely blown away. And lord, that band. They're sooooo tasty. Like Harvest tasty. Thanks for blowing my mind.
damn ...
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I have tried to write about this for a while now and couldn't put it into words. This is perfect.
Many Blessings to you my sister/brother,,,, we are one....Wally Florida Keys
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Children too.
When a soldier makes it home .... ....
Do you really have to request people to be respectful.. Why, don't your company be less greedy. So, other less fortunates could enjoy this beautiful song.
My beautiful nephew served three tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. He met a Hungarian woman in Italy, married her before he went to war. When he got out he bought a home, had two gorgeous children, and commited suicide. I remember her telling me a few times how she, "hated his tears." So while by beautiful, brave nephew lays in his grave, she gets to play the grieving widow. Within two months of his passing, she was already on facebook showing off her newly painted nails, with no mention of him. Now she has plugged into all the widows benefit programs and groups, so now she really plays up the grieving widow. Those Eastern Block women are cold pieces of work. Women, please do not make the war about you. IT is the brave men and women who serve, while you get to stay in the comfort of your home. If you don't know how your loved one suffers, at least learn to accept what you don't understand, and love them in spite of it all. His mother really suffered, she cried so violently after his suicide, her doctor told her she damaged her heart. I don't now exactly how, but she died shortly after her son. May they rest in God's peace now.
SEMPER FIDELIS!
I remember my high school history teacher commenting that in the end "no one wins a war".
Awesome Mary, amazing song, excellent second voice. Anyone could tell me who is she?
She's a more contemporary singer songwriter
in the alt/new folk genre. Worth checking out.
This song is from a recent album she did
in a collaboration with Iraq War Vets. She took
their writings, and collaborated on putting their
lyrics to music.
Thanks, Yvonne.
Beth Nielsen Chapman is singing with Mary.
@@elizabethharper9208 Thanks, Elizabeth
---never talk about Peace----?----
Least we forget they say , when will we learn I say . Stop sending your flesh and blood to fight rich men’s oil and gas wars .
Free Free Palestine 🇵🇸
I promise it was worse for the person who witnessed those tragedies in actual war. This song is bad.
Nobody disagrees with you. But the hurt goes beyond the soldiers. That's what this song is about.
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