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1916

by Saul Blease

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1916 05:48
Bird song breaks the silent night Over the top when it turns light Clay-kickers under our feet Over the top the Devil to meet Seven thirty the whistle blows Over the top the order goes Grab the ladder take a breath Over the top into the jaws of death… Forward lads, screams of pain shrapnel blast, soaked in red rain Rifle shots, machine gun fire here we are, caught on the wire Taking cover, stuck in the mud lying here, in piss and blood Mustard gas, men choking guts more shells fall, we’re outta luck Did an angel float above us? Couldn’t see through shot and shell As the world tears up around us Why would an angel visit hell? Death and screams, all around end of dreams, more men go down Devils chariot, a metal beast technology for, the battle feast Green fields, they lie beyond a promise now, that’s all gone From High Wood, to the Danger Tree this is the world, that’s left for me…

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2014 was the centenary of the “war to end all wars” and I had the idea to compose some music around the subject. Rather than just release one song or EP in 2014, I decided it would be an interesting concept to release one song a year, from 2014 to 2018 that, combined, would form one (longer) piece of music. 1914 was released in December 2014, 1915 released in September 2015 and now here is 1916…

1916 was written about the Battle of the Somme which was fought between 1st July and 18th November 1916 and was the largest battle of the Great War fought on the Western Front. More than one million men were killed or wounded during the battle, making it one of the bloodiest battles in human history…

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released December 30, 2016

Written and recorded by Saul Blease

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Saul Blease Bristol, UK

Multi-instrumentalist and singer / songwriter from sunny Bristol creating new music that fuses together elements of alternative, heavy and industrial rock, with splashes of electronica.

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