Soldier Boy

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 Passchendaele
 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