Mystery Veteran Lyrics

One hundred years ago

You fought in a Great War

A man I will never know

Only told of in my family's lore

With a gun

And a knife

You fought o'er hill and trench

For the king

And country

Shooting 'til every round spent

Deceiver's

Believer

Just another life to lose

Your duty

To serve them

You didn't have to choose

But in times of war the propaganda runs deep

Proclaimed that if you didn't go then you were weak

The lies fed to your mind enforced your final choice

Bolstered the ranks and made the generals rejoice

Off you go

To the front

With a rifle in your hand

Under fire

And smokescreens

In the dead of No Man's Land

Enemies

All 'round you

But not a sclera you can see

Yet somehow

You survived

Against the odds overseas

But in times of war the propaganda runs deep

Proclaimed that if you didn't go then you were weak

The lies fed to your mind enforced your final choice

Bolstered the ranks and made the generals rejoice

This mystery veteran that I'll never know

At least his story has been told

A tale like that of countless others

Deceased husbands, sons, and brothers

This legacy defiled

In the wake of revelation

No great honour found in combat

No patriotism for a nation

Killing for those callous bastards

Who squabble over borders

Is no great feat to brag for

Only a victim follows orders

This mystery veteran that I'll never know

At least his story has been told

A tale like that of countless others

Deceased husbands, sons, and brothers