Comrades in Arms
2014 · album
The Central Band of The Royal British Legion - From One Who Stays lyrics
Artist: The Central Band of The Royal British Legion
album: Forever: The Official Album of the World War 1 Commemorations
How empty seems the town now you are gone!
A wilderness of sad streets, where gaunt walls
Hide nothing to desire; sunshine falls
Eery, distorted, as it long had shone
On white, dead faces tombed in halls of stone
The whir of motors, stricken through with calls
Of playing boys, floats up at intervals
But all these noises blur to one long moan
What quest is worth pursuing? And how strange
That other men still go accustomed ways!
I hate their interest in the things they do
A spectre-horde repeating without change
An old routine. Alone I know the days
Are still-born, and the world stopped, lacking you
A wilderness of sad streets, where gaunt walls
Hide nothing to desire; sunshine falls
Eery, distorted, as it long had shone
On white, dead faces tombed in halls of stone
The whir of motors, stricken through with calls
Of playing boys, floats up at intervals
But all these noises blur to one long moan
What quest is worth pursuing? And how strange
That other men still go accustomed ways!
I hate their interest in the things they do
A spectre-horde repeating without change
An old routine. Alone I know the days
Are still-born, and the world stopped, lacking you
Other albums by the artist
Christmas Fantasy
2012 · album
Rule Britannia!
2011 · album
Thanks for the Memories
2010 · album
D-Day: The 50th Anniversary
2010 · album
Heritage of Britain
2010 · album
Stage Centre
2010 · album
Marching as to War
2010 · album
Music for Remembrance
2009 · album
Fame: Stage & Screen
2008 · album
