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Angel Of Mons

from The Great War by Saul Blease

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lyrics

We the Old Contemptible few
drinking char then we stand to
Digging in behind the bags

Trenches stretch across the land
In Flanders mud we stand
In the pink behind the bags

Hunkered down behind the wire
bumped by Hun artillery fire
In a funk behind the bags

From the posts barb wire’s strung
no-mans land the bodies hung
Just the dead behind the bags


Sunset on the western front
once more the evening hate
A thousand guns now taunt us
there’s no escape from our fate

Direct hit, no body remains
just fragments of bone an’ skin
Brass hats will be sending out
telegram for the next of kin

Does an angel float above us?
Can’t see through the shot and shell
As the world tears up around us
Why would an angel visit Hell?

Does an angel float above us? (above us)
Can’t see through the shot and shell
As the world tears up around us (around us)
Why would an angel visit Hell?


Hear the hoots early morning
Bob-man calls out the warning
Floundering in a green sea
fumble my mask to save me

Someone yelling, going down
on dry land begins to drown
Spewing cud gasping breath
another here is touched by death

They said to die for England here
is something sweet and right
Watching Tommy spew his guts out
no, dying’s not a glorious sight


Does an angel float above us? (above us)
Can’t see through the shot and shell
As the world tears up around us (around us)
Why would an angel visit Hell?

Does an angel float above us? (above us)
Can’t see through the shot and shell
As the world tears up around us (around us)
Why would an angel visit Hell?

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from The Great War, released November 11, 2018

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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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