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Something The Boy Said

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Something The Boy Said

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When we set out on this journeyThere were no doubts in our mindsWe set our eyes to the distanceWe would find what we would findWe took courage from our numbersWhat we sought we did not fearSometimes wed glimpse a shadow fallingThe shadow would disappearBut our thoughts kept returningTo something the boy saidAs we turned to goHe said youll never see our faces againYoull be food for a carrion crowEvery step we took todayOur thoughts would always strayFrom the wind on the moor so wildTo the words of the captains childSomething the boy saidIn the circles we made with our firesWe talked of the pale afternoonThe clouds were like dark ridersFlying on the face of the moonWe spoke our fears to the captainAnd asked what his son could knowFor we would never have marched so farTo be food for a crowEvery step we took todayOur thoughts would always strayFrom the wind on the moor so wildTo the words of the captains childSomething the boy saidWhen I awoke this morningThe suns eye was red as bloodThe stench of burning corpsesFaces in the mudI dead or am I living?Im too afraid to care, Im too afraid to knowIm too afraid to look behind meAt the feast of the crowWe spoke our fears to the captainAnd asked what his son could knowFor we would never have marched so farTo be food for a crowSomething the boy said
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