Guns Up

The mud coats our faces

Rot sinks between our toes

Our stomachs quake with hunger

As the barbed wire stabs and jabs

Life is nothing.

Taken away with

One

Ringing

Shot.

Guns up, guns up

Mustn't let your guard down

Guns up, guns up

Shoot them all to the ground.

The bombs explode before our eyes

And gas masks become second skins

Orders are followed

Into no man's land

From which no man

Comes

Back

Alive.

Guns up, guns up

Mustn't let your guard down

Guns up, guns up

Shoot them all to the ground

As I fail to fall into deep sleep

My girl is conjured in my mind

She might be exquisite perfection,

But this war is a wasteland.

I'll never escape it.

I'll never hold her, just

One

More

Time.

Guns up, guns up

Mustn't let your guard down

Guns up, guns up

Shoot them all to the ground.

Enemies morph into friendly faces

Fallen comrades turn to martyrs

Confusion and mud create chaos

As the stench of the dead creeps into

Every

Unconquered

Battlefield.

Guns up, guns up

Mustn't let your guard down

Guns up, guns up

Shoot them all to the ground.

Intelligence says peace is to come

Despite that it is years too late

My uniform is torn from murder

And stained with hope for an end

And the sun will not rise

On my sullen face

I am guilty

We

All

Are.

Guns up, guns up

Mustn't let your guard down

Guns up, guns up

Shoot them all to the ground.