Thread: Don't lead 'em so much

These old empty trenches
Filled with nothing
Filled with nothing but blood

These old empty trenches
Filled with nothing
Filled with nothing but mud

We fight for glory
We fight through pain
Never ending
This fight through the rain X2
... We fight through rain

These old empty trenches
Home away from away
Home of nothing but blood

These old empty trenches
Home away from home
Home of nothing but mud

We fight the hunger
We fight the strain
Never ending
This fight through the rain X2
... We fight the rain

Digging digging
My friends out of trenches
Caved in ceilings
No extra rations

Wide eyed men
Quickly become boys
Bullets fly
Best friends die yeah

This is war
No time for war yeah yeah yeah


This is war
It’s time for war yeah


This is war
No time for war yeah yeah yeah


This is war
It’s time for war yeah

These old empty trenches
No one’s here no more
No one’s here to spill blood

These old empty trenches
No one’s here no more
No one to die in the mud
... Die in the mud

I like this very much MeeQ.. It has a nice feel to it and tone... I feel it sings well and would play well too. I hear music as I read it ... I've taken on this subject before but I like yours so much more here...... Mine was way too poetic... Your piece here captures the strength and sadness of it all... at least it does that for me....... Very nice done here....

Fondly,
Miriam

Meeq, I'm imagining this in your voice -- over the kind of music you posted. Am I right? I like it in that context and the repetition works. I'm a little slow -- I was thinking WTF does X2 mean? It finally dawned on me. For some reason, I really liked the title, even I don't see how it relates. Again, maybe I'm being slow.

Good job.

Gallipoli?

Yeah, I was thinking WWI. That makes, sense, considering.

I will have a recording done soon, i hope it holds up to your imagination's standards.

WW1. correct, but it has a double meaning.

and for the more obtuse, that meaning would be...?

This is a different type of read for me with the use of a lot of refrain. Like other commenters above I think it would probably work out well with music and I could definitely hear some disgruntled military person saying something like this.