Signal Hill Lyrics

Final battle of the Seven Years' War

St. John's seized by the French

English forces mount a counterattack

To retake the hill from their clench

September 15th

1762

The British land at Torbay

Cut a route straight through

Surprise attack mounted on the hill

Muskets open fire on both sides

Blood spilled in the name of empires

Corpses roll down the mountainside

Amidst the deadly cannon fire

The French lines fall further back

Their positions are captured

Under the weight of British attack

Warfare is the way of history

Mankind is doomed to repeat mistakes

How many men fed into the grinder?

For lines on a map, how many hearts ache?

Kill, kill, for your god and country

Because a rich man in a crown told you to

Die, die, for pittance and sundry

Because they said it's what you're meant to do

Rape, raid, rid this land of innocence

Because there will be no consequence

Live, live, live your life in violence

Because history only repeats itself

War never changes

It only gets more brutal

The time for muskets gone

The fight for peace is futile