Fish - The Leaving Lyrics
In the gnawing bite of winter; the winds, bone chilling, howlPale skies of swirling snowflakes lay a shroud upon the groundTo a scarred and shattered landscape some brief dignity is shownWhere the dead remain unburied on the dark and blood-stained earthThe fronts inch slowly forward the battalions follow onThe new blood marches to the Caissons songStrangers fill the spaces join the beleaguered rank and fileResigned to further battles further up the line,But the ground will be retaken, the offensives bogging downCountering attacks they stall and failThe stalemate still continued and the guns still took their tollAnd the generals counted casualties as the soldiers vainly fellIt had to end, the armies brokenOne side had lost but who had wonThe ravaged land, the decimationSo hard to bear, the loss and painThe men returned, the war was overThe bells rang out, a country cheeredBehind their eyes they stored the horrorsBehind their smiles they hid their fearsThe medals and the honours were handed out to those who servedThe letters of condolences were keptReminding generations of the sacrifices madeThe suffering and the torment of the men most never knew, lest we forget.
