Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song The Leaving, artist - Fish. Album song A Feast of Consequences, in the genre Иностранный рок
Date of issue: 03.09.2013
Record label: Derek W Dick
Song language: English
The Leaving |
In the gnawing bite of winter; |
The winds, bone chilling, howl |
Pale skies of swirling snowflakes |
Lay a shroud upon the ground |
To a scarred and shattered landscape |
Some brief dignity is shown |
Where the dead remain unburied |
On the dark and blood-stained earth |
The fronts inch slowly forward the battalions follow on |
The new blood marches to the Caissons song |
Strangers fill the spaces join the beleaguered rank and file |
Resigned to further battles further up the line |
But the ground will be retaken, the offensives bogging down |
Countering attacks they stall and fail |
The stalemate still continued and the guns still took their toll |
And the generals counted casualties as the soldiers vainly fell |
It had to end, the armies broken |
One side had lost but who had won |
The ravaged land, the decimation |
So hard to bear, the loss and pain |
The men returned, the war was over |
The bells rang out, a country cheered |
Behind their eyes they stored the horrors |
Behind their smiles they hid their fears |
The medals and the honours were handed out to those who served |
The letters of condolences were kept |
Reminding generations of the sacrifices made |
The suffering and the torment |
Of the men most never knew, lest we forget |