A Million Deaths

Back in the trench beneath this grey sky

Together waiting for the end

We stick our chests out decorated with medals

Before the lead will replace all the pride in these hearts

And there will be no celebration, forgotten names etched in the mud

Me I believe honour lasts forever, therefore I sacrifice

My life is yours

This stench of flesh in putrefaction

Inebriates the living dead

Breathing the soul of the slain in battle

We wait in line with our comrades our ration of hell

Under the flag of our nation we fight the enemy until the last stand

We earn on the field the respect of fathers, united we immolate

Our lives are yours

Bleeding under the scars

Going for a recognition, going for a purple heart

We are becoming insane here, forgotten in fox holes

We fight the primal fear more than the real foe

No we can’t discern them clearly from our companions

We’re going insane here. Why don’t you hear us?

Why don’t you rescue us all?

Hidden in my shelter under heavy enemy attack,

My thoughts ink the letters

That will never reach my hearth

Memories are stabbing my soul like a bayonet

I forgot the reason why we are confined in this hell

“Honour goes far beyond death and suffering

And only through the sacrifice of the brave will peace be restored.

Don’t despair my sons, keep your heads high

For your names will be remembered forever in time”

To defend you my sire I have blown away my soul

Devastating my own life

With no rewards

Choking my existence with lies

Led by the devil to paradise: Down