Difference between revisions of "Anthem for a Doomed Youth"

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Note: These lyrics are not only unfinished, but also, probably need some editing done to them too.
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The call came out and I answered strong<br />
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For Patria rose I up<br />
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I knew not what she would demand<br />
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When I partook of this trembling cup
  
=== Chorus ===
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My bounden duty was I taught to do<br />
God please help me<br />
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And accoutred with a helm<br />
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The rifle's crucifer was I sent forth<br />
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Into the killing realm
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When with the foe we fought and slew<br />
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We communed there in the mud<br />
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Our bodies were the Eucharist<br />
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And our baptism our blood
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God, please help me<br />
 
I'm at your mercy<br />
 
I'm at your mercy<br />
don't want to be here<br />
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Don't want to be here<br />
don't want to die here
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Don't want to die here
  
God please save me<br />
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God, please save me<br />
 
I'm at your mercy<br />
 
I'm at your mercy<br />
 
Don't want to see this<br />
 
Don't want to see this<br />
 
Don't want to be this
 
Don't want to be this
  
=== Verse 2 ===
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Pain<br />
PAIN, I've been shot, taking me away to a different spot<br />
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I've been hit, but I keep on wading through this pit<br />
CAGE, I've been caught, watching helplessly as my friends get shot<br />
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Cage<br />
DRAGGED, far away, to the darkest parts of society<br />
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I've been caught, watching helpless as my friends get shot<br />
TAGGED, like a herd of sheep, and around these parts our lives are cheap
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Dragged<br />
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Far away to the darkest parts of society<br />
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Tagged<br />
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Like sheep, around here human life is cheap
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Out of the ground we crawl like ants<br />
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The foeman takes his aim<br />
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Cut down like the grass of the field, I will die<br />
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In the mud from whence I came
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No requiem for these boys who fall<br />
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But the gunfire's constant rattle<br />
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No prayers are said here for the dead<br />
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For these men who die as cattle

Latest revision as of 16:58, 15 May 2009

The call came out and I answered strong
For Patria rose I up
I knew not what she would demand
When I partook of this trembling cup

My bounden duty was I taught to do
And accoutred with a helm
The rifle's crucifer was I sent forth
Into the killing realm

When with the foe we fought and slew
We communed there in the mud
Our bodies were the Eucharist
And our baptism our blood

God, please help me
I'm at your mercy
Don't want to be here
Don't want to die here

God, please save me
I'm at your mercy
Don't want to see this
Don't want to be this

Pain
I've been hit, but I keep on wading through this pit
Cage
I've been caught, watching helpless as my friends get shot
Dragged
Far away to the darkest parts of society
Tagged
Like sheep, around here human life is cheap

Out of the ground we crawl like ants
The foeman takes his aim
Cut down like the grass of the field, I will die
In the mud from whence I came

No requiem for these boys who fall
But the gunfire's constant rattle
No prayers are said here for the dead
For these men who die as cattle