I Fought in a War
Belle And Sebastian"I Fought in a War" is a song by Belle And Sebastian, released in 2000 in the Pop genre. The song is 3:26 long and contains 25 lines and 304 words.
0:02I fought in a war and I left my friends behind me
0:08To go looking for the enemy and it wasn't very long
0:19Before I would stand with another boy in front of me
0:26And a corpse that just fell into me with the bullets flying round
0:35And I reminded myself of the words you said when we were getting on
0:43And I bet you're making shells back home for a steady boy to wear
0:50Round his neck well it won't hurt to think of you as if you're waiting for
0:59This letter to arrive because I'll be here quite a while
1:08I fought in a war and I left my friends behind me
1:14To go looking for the enemy and it wasn't very long
1:21Before I found out that the sickness there ahead of me
1:29Went beyond the bedsit infamy of the decade gone before
1:34And I reminded myself of the words you said when we were getting on
1:44And I bet you're making shells back home for a steady man to wear
1:51Round his neck well it won't hurt to think of you as if you're waiting for
1:59This letter to arrive because I'll be here quite a while
2:37I fought in a war and I didn't know where it would end
2:43It stretched before me infinitely I couldn't really think
2:47Of the day beyond now keep your head down pal
2:57There's trouble plenty in this hour this day
2:59I can see hope I can see light
3:05And I reminded myself of the looks you gave when we were getting on
3:13And I bet you're making shells back home for a steady man to wear
3:20Round his neck well it won't hurt to think of you as if you're waiting for
3:26This letter to arrive because I'll be here quite a while
I fought in a war and I left my friends behind me To go looking for the enemy and it wasn't very long Before I would stand with another boy in front of me And a corpse that just fell into me with the bullets flying round And I reminded myself of the words you said when we were getting on And I bet you're making shells back home for a steady boy to wear Round his neck well it won't hurt to think of you as if you're waiting for This letter to arrive because I'll be here quite a while I fought in a war and I left my friends behind me To go looking for the enemy and it wasn't very long Before I found out that the sickness there ahead of me Went beyond the bedsit infamy of the decade gone before And I reminded myself of the words you said when we were getting on And I bet you're making shells back home for a steady man to wear Round his neck well it won't hurt to think of you as if you're waiting for This letter to arrive because I'll be here quite a while I fought in a war and I didn't know where it would end It stretched before me infinitely I couldn't really think Of the day beyond now keep your head down pal There's trouble plenty in this hour this day I can see hope I can see light And I reminded myself of the looks you gave when we were getting on And I bet you're making shells back home for a steady man to wear Round his neck well it won't hurt to think of you as if you're waiting for This letter to arrive because I'll be here quite a while
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