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Woke up tired

Tired as hell

Tired of this bloody war

We signed as heroes

We fought for months

But now we can take no more

Time goes slowly

Always on alert

Living in the trenches

Every night

Might be your last

Rows gather on barbered wires fences

In lines we march

We already dead

Under a godless sky

Shrapnels bludgeon

Bullets grind in no man’s land we die

As the dawn

Of battle draws

I pray for our protection

We didn’t know

The gruesome truth

As we made our selection

All geared up

Ready to go

To the field that we all dread

Sweating palms

Racing heart

Rising pace of breath

From march to charge

We rush into field

Locked and loaded

Bayonets mounted

My comrade’s chest

Takes hit from a bullet

He coughs blood

And he dies on my hand

Miscalculated artillery fire

Sweeps our own division

And as I crawl through blood and guts

I wonder was the right decision

Mustard gas burns out my lungs

I’m suffocating in horrible pain

Tank will crush my bones

And now I’ve died for peace to gain

Aftermath

Of mighty war

Whole continent teared to shreds

Bitter peace is all achieved

In battles where we bled

Millions of dead

Millions of widowed

Millions of orphans in grief

Turned to God but he’s turned away

And left us in disbelief

In lines we marched

And now we’re dead

Under a godless sky

Shrapnels bludgeoned

Bullets grind

In no man’s land we died

And after all the dead

The world shall burn again

After all the bloodshed

It will be shed again