Capercaillie - Soldier Boy lyrics

Marching once again Under a myriad of stars Young men to the cause where All is fair in love and war But rules are rules No mercy can be shown In the fields of the departed Where history is born In all the words you wrote of the War and its ways The words that speak the loudest Are the ones you never said From Arras to the Somme And the hell of Pa**chendaele Ninety years and counting since You told your bloody tale Hey soldier boy is your conscience clear? Is your mind on the road from hell and back To the one you love so dear? I know you live in constant fear That's just the way the world seems Through roses and tears And when the battle cries no more And the martyrs work is done Did the voices in your head tell you 'Walk along the pathway of the righteous and good' And leave it all behind In the fields of the departed With the remnants of your mind So saddle up the horses and tighten up the reins Face the bitter winds of tyranny and shame We blind ourselves with grace and favours of the heart So our minds can hide away in the darkness of our past