Lyrics
(Lyrics : Greg Conan / Chris Palengat)
Authorship credit for lyrics: Greg Conan / Chris Palengat
The gathering smell of rotteness
The pervasive stench of decay
Is cutting through my brain
Penetrates deeply into my thoughts
Slicing up my friends
Causing harm to my companions
And then killing the pain
Resulting in the cessation of suffering
Gathered here together for our final day
Assembled for a final day
Never ending strain
Endless stress and pressure
Fighting tooth and nail
Fighting fiercely
Short on munitions
Low on ammunition
The say ³War is hell²
The assertion that war is a dreadful experience
Slaughtered for the objective
Massacred for a strategic goal
In the thick of the battle
Amidst the intense conflict
Going on an onslaught
Embarking on a violent attack
In a desperate struggle
In a desperate and fierce struggle
Blind suicide, pain and suffering
Willful self-destruction, agony, and torment
On the other side
On the opposing side
There is no reason why
No discernible justification
In this viscious circle
In this vicious cycle of conflict
Surely one will die
Surely, someone will meet their demise
War cry fix bayonets
War cry to affix bayonets
In the face of death
In the face of imminent death
No time for regrets
No time for remorse or hindsight
The brunt of the attack
Enduring the brunt of the attack
Full frontal assault
Engaging in a direct and intense assault
Suicidal rampage
A suicidal and unrestrained rampage
Families !
Reference to families
Corpses strewn upon the battle fields
Dead bodies scattered on the battleground
Memories !
Recollections of past experiences
An old wound never heals
An old wound that never heals
The gathering smell of rotteness
Recurrence of the earlier stench of decay
Is cutting through my brain
Reiteration of the impact on the mind
Slicing up my friends
Repeating the harm to friends and relief from pain
And then killing the pain
Reaffirming the assembly for a final day
Gathered here together for our final day
Political corruption and hypocrisy
Political corrupts and hypocrites
Questioning commitment to die for one's country
And fanatical religiousness
Criticism of fanatical religious beliefs
Commit us to die for who¹s country ?
Raising doubts about who the true enemy is
So who is the real enemy
Manipulative figures and leaders
Puppet¹s and leader¹s
People used as pawns in the larger game
And pawn¹s in the game
Victims of higher command decisions
Victim¹s of the high command
Sacrificed in vain for a cause
Sacrificed in vain
Reiteration of a direct and intense assault
Full frontal assault
Final repetition of a full frontal assault
Suicidal rampage
Reiteration of a suicidal and unrestrained rampage
Life is to serious to take seriously
Life is too serious to be taken lightly
³Greg Conan²
Attribution to Greg Conan
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