Carlos Cruz - Shellfire lyrics

I can't remember why the war started here But the bombs keep on falling, year after year The soldiers, they charge bravely into the fight But the incoming bombardment buries them alive A lost generation dies by gunshot to the head A forward advance over mountains of the dead An outstretched hand reaching up through the wire Can't hear the scream through the endless shellfire Fire Fire Fire We obey our leaders when they order the attack With our honor and our glory, we live among the rats The warriors, so valiant, drowning in mud And forever these fields will be stained with blood Every single day, the barrage raining down Nothing I can hear, but the horrible sound Incoming A lost generation dies by gunshot to the head A forward advance over mountains of the dead An unseen hand, the voice of the liar Will bury the world under endless shellfire Fire Fire Fire Shellfire I'm cast aside now that I've played my part I lie in the street, I beg not to starve I'm crippled, disfigured, you just look away The war you forgot, the price I have paid