I was standing in the front lines when the peace broke out
I dropped my gun and turned to head for home
In this War To End All Wars - the life I led before
Seems almost gone

In August, 1914 I was just a kid
Marching with a brass band and a gun
But the promises they gave all found an early grave
Beside Verdun

[Chorus] I need to believe in what we're fighting for
Don't tell me everything's in vain
The newspapers call this The War To End All Wars
Something tells me we're drowning in the rain

I held my best friend closely while his life ran out
And turned this trench to mud beneath my feet
And the medals that he wore went with his uniform
Beneath the peat

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Is it the will of the nation
Or some darker motivation
That makes us fight and die?
What dark secrets might stand revealed
By the dead men buried in Flanders Field?

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