Orange glow of fire lights the night Deafening roar comes with flashing light No one here who will live to tell All will die we know it well Bombs are flying high overhead A creeping barrage into no man's land The signal sounds for the next attack Over the top there is no turning back Dark, wet, cold is the trench Machine guns flamethrowers poison gas Struggle to keep your strength of mind Shellshock run leave common sense behind Fear no loss to fight your foreign foes Breaking the deadlock we've got mines to blow Masterminds to deceive the mass Home before Christmas, nothing less Vulgar waste of power to destroy In Flanders fields crosses row on row Shoulder to shoulder wave by wave they fell And in the mud bid this world farewell Waging war for all the wars to end Slaughter and carnage minds are hard to bend From failing hands the torch is thrown they said And victory comes to the glorious dead