Lyrics
Hand forced to dispense the end
Being compelled to bring about the conclusion or termination
Orders of ruined amends
Following orders to repair or make up for past damages
Longed for something ideal
Desiring something perfect or ideal
Warfare becoming too real
Engagement in warfare becoming too vivid or intense
Carried away by the stream
Being carried away by the current or flow, possibly of events
Dying for other men's dreams
Dying for the aspirations or dreams of others
Blood laid out for the course
Bloodshed for a predetermined path or objective
Attaining heaven by force
Striving to achieve paradise or a perfect state through force
Can you hear it?
Questioning if one can perceive a sound
Above gunfire?
Above the sound of gunfire
A mournful gospel sung by mortars
A sad or lamenting religious song sung by exploding mortars
Can you see it?
Inquiring if one can witness something
Through their smoke?
Through the obscuring clouds produced by conflict
My elegy written in dirt
My funeral song inscribed in the soil or earth
Cannon fodder pounds the gate
Soldiers sacrificed as mere pawns assaulting the entrance
Death that need not have been
Death that was avoidable or unnecessary
Smothered wails through carbine
Agonizing cries carried through the firearm's barrel
Martial music guides no one home
Military music providing no guidance or direction back home
Hear my call
An appeal or plea to be heard
Burn it all
Complete destruction or annihilation
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