I pull the steel helmet tight
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Step out into the night
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It's foggy and cool
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The land suffocates in smoke
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Hand grenades on the belt
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Two weren't present
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The platoon starts to move
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Through the cratered ground
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Skirting beams and ponds
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The battalion pushes forward
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To carry out the attack
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The order short and sharp
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Drive the Englishman back
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Forward to the charge, into the fight
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That's how they send us into no man's land
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Eyes closed, heart burned
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That's how they send us into no man's land
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Gas readiness is ordered
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Shrapnel like a rain shower
For moments we stand rigid
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To scatter apart
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And war drums rage
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Shells shave
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The barrage piles up
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So terrible the force
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Showers of iron and earth
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Forward to the charge, into the fight
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That's how they send us into no man's land
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Eyes closed, heart burned
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That's how they send us into no man's land
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Forward to the charge, into the fight
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That's how they send us into no man's land
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Eyes closed, heart burned
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That's how they send us into no man's land