Shells of shrapnel flying over our heads Fountains of mud pile up to the sky Atrocious artillery fire Creating a colossal wall of flame Rattling machine guns Spewing fire like mad machines Thunderous roaring Bombs looping high up in the air Shells falling down in the trenches Soldiers collapse in a bloody heap Fire storm Incredible massing of forces In the hour of destiny To fight for a distant future And the violence it unleashed The clouds of our gas shells beaten back by a headwind Overwhelmed by the blunt force, a raging fire-storm This place looks grisly Scattered around this scorched site are bodies Burned beyond recognition Shells of shrapnel flying over our heads Fountains of mud pile up to the sky Atrocious artillery fire Creating a colossal wall of flame Rattling machine guns Spewing fire like mad machines Thunderous roaring Bombs looping high up in the air Shells falling down in the trenches Soldiers collapse in a bloody heap Fire storm Incredible massing of forces In the hour of destiny To fight for a distant future And the violence it unleashed.