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The time is now for action
And all the troops are smart enough to see the patterns
To say oh man and here she blows again
Not enough not enough the trumpets sound
But the drums of war beat back
Rat a tat too too tam tam fuck off
It’s far it’s near and everywhere surrounded
But the souls of warriors gone have come back to haunt the grounds
And say I know this game I’ve seen it all before
Step up boys and fight or you’ll be gone for sure
And one or two are missing from the ranks
Gone back to funeralled pastures where fallen men lie under daisies
And picking flowers crying unmanly tears they shout
I would take this fate too if you would let me
Too long since I have written epic poems of love
I am scared I will forget the rhythm and the rhyme
I am frozen now in time and lost, and lying down they take the easy way out
But the other men throw icy water on their faces and say with steel and iron
Too long since I have halted in my steps for fear of never more
Or fear of myself with a gun in my hand and one in yours
I know too much to return to those pastures of plenty
Love and grief and endless precedented nights have taught me
There is a moment I recall that felt in glimmers something like this
And I did live! They shout in anticipated glory
And I will live again!
