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The War Within
16:30
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The War Within
Part One: A Mother’s Kiss
Young days, perfect days full of dreams
Carefree, invincible I seemed
But, just like the seasons, things change
Like photographs memories would fade
The poster said “Your Country Needs You”
The Earl of Derby said my time was due
Recruited to the 7th Army Corps
Taking only a mother’s kiss to war
Part Two: The Whole Nine Yards
(Instrumental)
Part Three: Field of Souls
Through the haze there comes a reckoning
All that I knew has gone
Nothing left, and nothing left to die for
Friendships barely forged, a field of souls
Just like mine lay dying
I dream of home, mother and comfort
Take me in your arms
Part Four: The Homecoming
Mother:
Please come home, keep safe and warm and please come home
Carry your light; carry your soul; I hear you calling
I hope and pray, that I’ll see you again some day
Carry your light; carry your soul; I feel you falling
Son:
I’m coming home, the lucky one, I’m coming home
Though I may not be the same as when we said goodbye
Mother & Son:
To carry on
I’m not sure how to carry on (You make sure that you carry on)
Erase the hell to find the one that you (I) kissed goodbye.
Son:
I’m not here anymore
Lost in the darkness
I’m not here anymore
Black heart and starless
I’m not here anymore Mother: (Carry your light; carry your soul)
Lost in the darkness
I’m not here anymore Mother: (Carry your light; carry your soul)
Black heart and starless
Part Five: The Forgotten Country
I feel that I’ve come home
To be in a foreign place
This forgotten country
As clear as a stranger’s face
Allowed to live but little else
A prisoner of my choices
In sleep I see the field of souls
Haunted by calling voices
Bayonettes!........Ready!.......Advance!
Fall back.....
I know the time has come
To find an inner peace
To join the fallen ones
And then my hell will cease
Part Six: The War is Never Won
Only those who have never fought
Debate who’s won and lost
There’s no winner from the war waged within
Only a dreadful cost
Tell your children "Don’t forget
That the war is never won"
The battle comes home and it takes its deadly hold
In each mother’s darling son
Mother:
Carry your light; carry your soul
I can hear you calling
Carry your light; carry your soul
I can feel you falling
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The Greater Good
05:17
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The Greater Good
What a price
To make the ultimate sacrifice
You know I fear the worst
That I won’t make my twenty-first
The call has come
And when all has been said and done
In my soul and in my heart
I know that I will play my part
They say "You know it’s for the greater good"
Let’s put our faith in a better world and join the brotherhood
We’ll win if we follow all the rules
We’ll never know our lives are in the hands of fools
You know it’s for the greater good, they say
It’s for the greater good
The Ministry assures
A decisive win is to be secured
In weeks they said
But in days many of our kin lay dead
They say "You know it’s for the greater good"
But a helmet and a gun remain where your son once stood
They don’t see all the destruction and despair
But there again it’s hard to see that from an office chair
You know it’s for the greater good, they say
It’s for the greater good
They say "You know it’s for the greater good"
But no sense prevailed when offensives failed, obscured by falsehood
You know it’s for the effort of the war
We must defeat or at least unseat a regime we can’t ignore
Hey you, it’s for the greater good
So we’re all in this together or have I misunderstood?
And you'll pay respect and praise the mettle
Of those who died for nothing so you can wear your medal
You know, it’s for the greater good, they say
It’s for the greater good
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Victory's Waltz
03:49
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Heroes
04:51
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Heroes
Spray lands on the windowpane as the ships slip Portsmouth’s shore
On this grey 1980s day brave men, fathers go to war
Keep them safe
Keep them warm
Out of danger’s grasp
But like those who have gone before they saw many trials
All because they swore an oath to defend British Isles
Keep them safe
Keep them warm
Show them the danger’s past
There are those who'll stand up tall and brave
Acting for us all
And so it seems the very least that we can do
Is to have respect and catch them when they fall
Help the heroes
Give them back their pride
Heal their scars, all the things not on show
And give them time for what they’ve been through
A little thanks, a little kindness and care
Give hope for tomorrow
Hear them
Hear them calling
Hear them calling you, hear them
Hear them (Help them see)
Hear them calling (Help them feel again)
Hear them calling you, hear them (That there’s always a brighter future)
Hear them (Help them overcome)
Hear them calling (Help them sail toward)
Hear them calling you (Clear horizons now)
Heroes one and heroes all, they fell
So lest we forget
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It's A Crude Business
02:34
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It's A Crude Business
We’d like to dismiss it as fantasy
But greed for oil drives our policy
To lubricate the cogs of our industry
We’ll ignore the merits of morality
The foreign office is instructed to care
There’ll be no sanctions just provided they share
And keep the cost of production low
So our economy continues to grow
Shhhh…It’s a crude, crude business
Shhhh…It’s a crude, crude business
Shhhh…
And if we’re running dry we’ll do as before
We’ll find the right way to annexe through war
And point the finger at your human rights
Although we’re well aware that makes us all hypocrites
We’re anti-this and we’re anti-that
We preferred Sharon over Arafat
In the eternal dispute over precious soil
Cos who’s ever heard of Palestinian oil?
Shhhh…It’s a crude, crude business
Shhhh…It’s a crude, crude business
Shhhh…
There’s always method where we intervene
Because Saudi’s full and Yemen is clean
So it pays occasionally to turn a blind eye
As long as it don’t interrupt our supply
This is the way we make us great again
With Dubya, Trump and Holy Jesus “amen”
The way to look big is to make them look small
It’s just common sense don’t you know it y’all?
Shhhh…It’s a crude, crude business
Shhhh…
Shhhh…
Shhhh...
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Imaginary Evidence
04:19
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The Falling Man
04:51
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The Falling Man
Rising at dawn, the night gives way to morning
I leave my family sleeping
Drive through the hush to the Windows On The World
Where my life takes new meaning
The view through the clouds to the sunrise beyond
Makes me feel glad I’m alive
But all will change as peace gives way to thunder
Carried on wings of misguided disciples
The earth beneath me shakes, the fire burns my eyes
The path is blocked to survival
I think back to those I love, those that care for me
I hope they will see me again
You’ve taken my future in your self-sacrifice
A son lost their father through your cowardice
You’ll never take my soul
Everything slows, air rushing by
Thoughts colliding so amplified
Faces go through me, memories fly past
The light comes for me intensified now
When you look up and admire the red sunset
Know that I’ll always be near
And remember the falling man.
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The Greatest Freedom
11:16
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The Greatest Freedom
Prove yourself, show what you can do
Push yourself, make us proud of you
Arm yourself for country and your Queen
Immerse yourself into the war machine
I thought the day would never come
When I’d fly to the burning sun
A chance to rise and blood my foe
For this young boy, a chance to grow
Hide yourself from gunfire and from shells
Save yourself from this burning hell
Hold yourself keep your mind aware
Help yourself say a little prayer
As God will keep your soul alive
Because He fights upon our side
If you should fall in His name
The greatest freedom’s yours to claim
Push yourself
Arm yourself
Save yourself
Just arrived in Helmand Province
Dust as far as eyes can see
No place for an army novice
To get a dose of reality
My role in today’s patrol
Is to stay alive amongst this debris
Keep a watch out for hidden danger
Or lose myself to an IED
We travel to the local town
To train the national army for free
I have to say it makes me nervous
As some have turned their guns on me
My role in today’s patrol
Is to stay alive there’s no guarantee
Keep a watch out for hidden danger
Eyes peeled for an IED
My role in today’s patrol
Is to be on prime time on the BBC
To show the world the hidden danger
A victim of an IED
Through the smoky haze I see
This horror show staring back at me
Seems I can fly above the sand
And then I begin to understand
The greatest freedom you’ll ever perceive
Is when you’ve gained wisdom and you learn to receive
The highest mountain that you’ll ever climb
Is learning to love behind enemy lines
For years it’s been said, so it must be true
The greatest freedom is coming to you.
Today the plane touched down to earth
In the land of my place of birth
A slow-paced drive through Wiltshire streets
The Union Standard draped in pleats
The greatest freedom you’ll ever perceive
Is when you’ve gained wisdom and you learn to receive
The highest mountain that you’ll ever climb
Is learning to love behind enemy lines
For years it’s been said, so it must be true
The greatest freedom is coming to you.
The greatest freedom it’s often said
Will come to us all when all else is dead
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Following a debut album released March 2020, Checking For Echo Project now draws upon the talents of a number of musicians and vocalists to bring the songs to life.
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