And it seems my time has passed Before me until now, in sequences of moments And now I see this poster, they seem to need me anyway I’ll take the shilling sign I’ll make a positive move, to be an action man The women seem to want us to go So I can’t refuse, No, I can’t refuse
So I find myself in a country somewhere Where mayhem’s madman minions all march around a square Unquestioning obedience is the order of the day Your friends are coloured khaki and your enemies are grey
The Sergeant Major’s pep talk
“Alright my likely lads, you’ve left your mums and dads, now Our glorious leaders start a war, to protect the ’ole of ’umankind that’s why they always stay be’ind What d’ya mean “ain’t it wrong to kill?” Not if the top men say so! Where you’re going, sonny, general’s top chap next to him you’re a small piece of crap If none of us went out of fight, We’d never prove our side was right would we? ATTENTION!”
The Colonel’s pep talk
“The front line is a pretty bloody place to be, that’s why you go instead of me Now, I’d hate to send you all off thinking that if you get yours You’re going to fret about your families, so don’t. They’ll get some lovely souvenirs A nice bronze plaque on which will be your name You’ll get free crutches if you end up lame, good God Though the numbers of dead will contain many zeros, the survivors will return to a land fit for heroes Would I lie to you? PRESENT ARMS!”
Put next to a young boy in a knee-deep trench Whose hand even shakes when he keeps it clenched We attack tomorrow in dawn’s early light And as this sinks in I’m so scared I can’t wait for it and tonight to be over It and tonight to be over
“ALRIGHT LADS, OVER THE TOP WE GO!“
I can’t take it, I can’t make it, I trip, stumbling Caught in the barbed wire, Amongst the heat and smoke of the crossfire It’s madness, madness, mad mad mad mad mad mad…madness
On a station platform full of stretchered flesh and bone Legacy of how easy it is to destroy whatever’s grown Maybe there’s a reason, hat is worthy of a name Just sick illusions I suppose will happen again Next time they ask for men at least I’m beyond recall I didn’t gain my self-respect, I didn’t gain anything at all
If hate and war could solve anything, don’t you think they’d have solved it a long time ago? There’s good and evil in all of us It’s up to you alone which you follow And I know which is my cause from now on The only one worth sacrifice The only one I would have remain When I’m gone, but I’m not gone… Yet!
The flags we weave only deceive We must believe We must believe… in loveTeksty umieszczone na naszej stronie są własnością wytwórni, wykonawców, osób mających do nich prawa.
