Military/War Songs

[Crazysheep 1]

Haiti-The Arcade Fire

Quote[/b] ]Haiti, mon pays,

wounded mother I'll never see.

Ma famille set me free.

Throw my ashes into the sea.

Mes cousins jamais nes

hantent les nuits de Duvalier.

Rien n'arrete nos espirits.

Guns can't kill what soldiers can't see.

In the forest we are hiding,

unmarked graves where flowers grow.

Hear the soldiers angry yelling,

in the river we will go.

Tous les morts-nes forment une armee,

soon we will reclaim the earth.

All the tears and all the bodies

bring about our second birth.

Haiti, never free,

n'aie pas peur de sonner l'alarme.

Tes enfants sont partis,

in those days their blood was still warm.

[mattxr 9]

heh Heh

Quote[/b] ]

I dont no what ive been told

Eskimo P***y is mighty cold

MMMMMM Good

Tastes Good

Mighty Good

i think thats what it is..  

[Guest The Cobra]

In the navy - Village People

Quote[/b] ]

Where can you find pleasure

Search the world for treasure

Learn science technology

Where can you begin to make your dreams all come true

On the land or on the sea

Where can you learn to fly

Play in sports and skin dive

Study oceanography

Sign of for the big band

Or sit in the grandstand

When your team and others meet

In the navy

Yes, you can sail the seven seas

In the navy

Yes, you can put your mind at ease

In the navy

Come on now, people, make a stand

In the navy, in the navy

Can't you see we need a hand

In the navy

Come on, protect the motherland

In the navy

Come on and join your fellow man

In the navy

Come on people, and make a stand

In the navy, in the navy, in the navy (in the navy)

They want you, they want you

They want you as a new recruit

If you like adventure

Don't you wait to enter

The recruiting office fast

Don't you hesitate

There is no need to wait

They're signing up new seamen fast

Maybe you are too young

To join up today

Bout don't you worry 'bout a thing

For I'm sure there will be

Always a good navy

Protecting the land and sea

In the navy

Yes, you can sail the seven seas

In the navy

Yes, you can put your mind at ease

In the navy

Come on now, people, make a stand

In the navy, in the navy

Can't you see we need a hand

In the navy

Come on, protect the motherland

In the navy

Come on and join your fellow man

In the navy

Come on people, and make a stand

In the navy, in the navy, in the navy (in the navy)

They want you, they want you

They want you as a new recruit

Who me?

They want you, they want you

They want you as a new recruit

But, but but I'm afraid of water.

Hey, hey look

Man, I get seasick even watchin' it on TV!

They want you, they want you in the navy

Oh my goodness.

What am I gonna do in a submarine?

They want you, they want you in the navy

[hellfish6 7]

Excellent taste in music, Crazysheep.

[da12thMonkey 1943]

Spanish Bombs by The Clash

Quote[/b] ]

Spanish songs in Andalucia,

the shooting sites in the days of ’39.

Oh, please, leave the ventana open.

Federico Lorca is dead and gone:

bullet holes in the cemetery walls,

the black cars of the Guardia Civil.

Spanish bombs on the Costa Rica -

I’m flying in a DC-10 tonight.

Spanish bombs; yo te quiero infinito.

Yo te quiero, oh mi corazón.

Spanish bombs; yo te quiero infinito.

Yo te quiero, oh mi corazón.

Spanish weeks in my disco casino;

the freedom fighters died upon the hill.

They sang the red flag,

they wore the black one -

but after they died, it was Mockingbird Hill.

Back home, the buses went up in flashes,

the Irish tomb was drenched in blood.

Spanish bombs shatter the hotels.

My seńorita’s nose was nipped in the bud.

Spanish bombs; yo te quiero infinito.

Yo te quiero, oh mi corazón.

Spanish bombs; yo te quiero infinito.

Yo te quiero, oh mi corazón.

The hillsides ring with “free the people†-

or can I hear the echo from the days of ’39

with trenches full of poets,

the ragged army, fixing bayonets to fight the other line?

Spanish bombs rock the province;

I’m hearing music from another time.

Spanish bombs on the Costa Brava;

I’m flying in on a DC-10 tonight.

Spanish bombs; yo te quiero infinito.

Yo te quiero, oh mi corazón.

Spanish bombs; yo te quiero infinito.

Yo te quiero, oh mi corazón,

oh mi corazón,

oh mi corazón.

Spanish songs in Andalucia:

mandolina, oh mi corazón.

Spanish songs in Granada, oh mi corazón,

oh mi corazón,

oh mi corazón,

oh mi corazón.

[PiNs_Da_Smoka 0]

How about a favorite cadence of mine.

The Engineer Hymn

Quote[/b] ]We are, we are, we are, we are, we are the Engineers,

We can, we can, we can, we can demolish forty beers,

Drink rum, drink rum, drink rum, drink rum, and come along with us,

For we don't give a damn, for any damn man who don't give a damn for us!

Godiva was a lady who through Coventry did ride,

To show to all the villagers her bare and lily-white hide.

The most observant villager, an Engineer of course,

Was the only one to notice that Godiva rode a horse.

Said she, "I've come a long, long way and I will go as far,

With the man who takes me from this horse and leads me to a bar."

The men who took her from her steed and stood her to a beer,

Were a blurry-eyed surveyor and a drunken Engineer.

Godiva was a lady well endowed there was no doubt,

She never wore a stitch of clothes, just wound her hair about.

The first man ever made her was an Engineer, of course,

But on just one beer, an artsie queer once made Godiva's horse.

An artsman and an Engineer once found a gallon can,

Said the artsman, "Match me drink for drink, let's see if you're a man."

They drank three drinks, the artsman fell, his face was turning green,

But the Engineer drank on and said, "It's only gasoline!"

My father was a miner in the Northern Malamute,

My mother was a mistress in a house of ill repute.

The last time that I saw them both these words rang in my ears,

"Get out of here, you son of a bitch, and join the Engineers!"

I happened once upon a girl who's eyes were full of fire,

Her physical endowments would have made your hands perspire.

To my surprise she told me that she had never been kissed,

Her boyfriend was a tired Engineering Scientist.

The army and the navy boys went out to have some fun,

Down to the local tavern where the fiery liquors run.

But all they found were empties, for the Engineers had come,

And traded all their instruments for gallon kegs of rum.

Sir Francis Drake and all his men set out for Calais Bay,

They'd heard the Spanish rum fleet was headed out that way.

But the Engineers had beat them by a night and half a day,

And though as tight as virgins, you still could hear them say...

On reading Kama Sutra, a guy learned position mime,

For proving masculinity, it truly was divine.

But then one day the girl rebelled and threw him on his rear,

For he was a feeble artsie and she was an Engineer.

Caesar set out for Egypt at the age of fifty-three,

But Cleopatra's blood was warm her heart was young and free.

And every night when Julius said goodnight at three o'clock,

A Roman Engineer was waiting just around the block.

Venus is a statue made entirely of stone,

There's not a fig leaf on her, she's naked as a bone.

On noticing her arms were gone, an Engineer discoursed,

"The damn thing's busted concrete and it should be re-inforced."

An Engineer once staggered in through the Roderick Gate,

He was carrying a load you would expect to ship by freight.

The only things that kept him upright and on his course,

Were the boundary conditions and the Coriolis Force.

A maiden and an Engineer were sitting in the park,

The Engineer was busy doing research in the dark.

His scientific method was a marvel to observe,

While his right hand wrote the figures down, his left hand traced the curves.

My father peddles opium, my mother's on the dole,

my sister used to walk the street, but now she's on parole.

My brother runs a restaurant with bedrooms in the rear,

But I'm the blacksheep of the family, 'cause I'm an Engineer.

Its long for a cadence, but fun to sing on a long march. And we usually change alot fo it up, but you get the jist-ification of it.

[Sandman214155 0]

ahh cadences my favorite:

Quote[/b] ]A yellow bird

Yellow bill

Was sitting on

My windowsill

I lured him in

With a piece of bread

Then I smashed his f***ing head

Oh my god

I’m such a klutz

I missed his head

and smashed his nuts

a Yellow bird

in a tree

looking down

at me

yellow bird

in a bush

can’t get laid

‘cause his nuts are squished

the moral of

the story is

to get some head

you need some bread

1SG started it, hes a bit of a nut job. the day his girlfiend left him he started singing "Yellow Submarine" right after it, didn't cry or anything. after formation we lauged our asses off for an hour. but we didn't know what happened so we felt bad afterwords.

another good 'un

Quote[/b] ]Remember World War Two

Were our grandfathers died

And our nation cried

This is what they said

It alright its OK

Seen better days

Hey-hey-e hey Hey

Hey hey hey-e-hey

Remember Veitnam

Were our uncles died

And our nation cried

This is what they said

It alright its OK

Seen better days

Hey-hey-e hey Hey

Hey hey hey-e-hey

Remember Desert Storm

Were our fathers died

And our nation cried

This is what they said

It alright its OK

Seen better days

Hey-hey-e hey Hey

Hey hey hey-e-hey

this is were you could have fun with your squad...

Quote[/b] ]Remember Operation Iraqi Freedom

Were our Brothers died

And our nation cried

Die you Republican Gaurd bastards!

Get back to you foxhole and commit suicide

Hey-hey-e hey Hey

Hey hey hey-e-hey

that last part you should do when you're in double time. it lifts spirits and morale.  

[Angantyr 0]

Don't know if this fits...

Arson by Amon Amarth

Quote[/b] ]They came riding at first light

Fifty men armed to the teeth

The sounding horn called us out to fight

We went to meet them in the fields

Outnumbered yet we fought

But soon we were overrun

We took refuge in our home

Our downfall had just begun

They attacked our home, we kept them out

Defending ourselves with spear and bow

We took them out one by one

As the rising autumn sun glowed

There was twenty dead on each side

When we first smelled something burn

We heard them laughing from outside

Taunting us with spiteful words

They set the house on fire

In order to smoke us out

Only five of us were still alive

And our time was running out

Raging flames surrounded us all

Our home was under siege

Crumbling roof and burning walls

There was no way to break free

As we were all about to die

We swore a sacred oath

Revenge would be claimed if someone survived

And we sealed the oath in blood

The roof caved in and cleared a path

A way out of the flames

It was decided that I'd go first

As we made for our escaped

Suddenly the walls came down

And trapped the rest inside

My closest friends died that day

Only I made it out alive

A very sad song..

Victorious March by Amon Amarth

Quote[/b] ]Ten heavy feet

Walk the bloodsoiled ground

With rhythm these

Five warriors march

No matter how much

The bleeding wounds

From enemy swordcuts

Hurt to the bone

The revenge they sought

Was taken in blood

No mercy was showed

No mercy was showed

They ignore the pain

That hammerlike pounds

From falls, off slain horses,

To the ground

No signs of weakness

No signs of weariness

Not even a glimpse

Of remorse in their eyes

They slew men ruthless

Fed the wolves with flesh

And now they leave

This land side by side

Now they're headed home

Five swordsmen who fought repentlessly

Their story will be told

Of five brave men endlessly

All sorrow is left

For the women to bare

The children cries

They live in fear

No man was spared

No house or farm remains

No christian woman unraped

Their church consumed by flames

Their steel shines red

With enemy blood

It sings of victory

Granted by the Gods

And as they return

Bleeding but proud

The horizon burns

And the song is ringing loud

[-Ash- 0]

Red Sector A - Rush - Heavily inspired by events in Jewish concentration camps in WW2..

All that we can do is just survive

All that we can do to help ourselves is stay alive

Ragged lines of ragged grey

Skeletons, they shuffle away

Shouting guards and smoking guns

Will cut down the unlucky ones

I clutch the wire fence until my fingers bleed

A wound that will not heal

A heart that cannot feel

Hoping that the horror will recede

Hoping that tomorrow we’ll all be freed

Sickness to insanity

Prayer to profanity

Days and weeks and months go by

Don’t feel the hunger

Too weak to cry

I hear the sound of gunfire at the prison gate

Are the liberators here?

Do I hope or do I fear?

For my father and my brother, it’s too late

But I must help my mother stand up straight

Are we the last ones left alive?

Are we the only human beings to survive?

Pack up your troubles

Private Perks is a funny little codger

With a smile, a funny smile.

Five feet none he's an artful little dodger,

With a smile, a funny smile.

Flush or broke he'll have his little joke,

He can't be suppressed,

All the other fellows have to grin,

When he gets this off his chest, HI!

Chorus:

Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag

And smile, smile, smile.

While you've a lucifer to light your fag,

Smile boys, that's the style.

What's the use of worrying,

It never was worthwhile. So:

Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag

And smile, smile, smile.

Private Perks went a-marching into flanders,

With a smile, his funny smile.

He was loved by the privates and commanders

For his smile, his funny smile,

When a throng of bosches came along,

With a mighty swing,

Perks yelled out,"this little bunch is mine!

Keep your heads down, boys and sing, HI!

Chorus:

Private Perks he came back from bosche shooting,

With his smile, his funny smile,

Round his home he then set about recruiting,

With his smile, his funny smile.

He told all his paks, the short, the tall,

What a time he'd had,

And as each enlisted like a man,

Private perks said "now my lad," HI!

Chorus:

Oh and Pink Floyd's 'The final cut' had a lot of inspiration from the Falklands war..

http://www.brain-damage.co.uk/general/tfcrewind.html

[CAPAIRMAN 0]

A celtic war song my dad used to play

Quote[/b] ]'Twas down the glen one Easter morn

To a city fair rode I.

When Ireland's line of marching men

In squadrons passed me by.

No pipe did hum, no battle drum

Did sound its dread tattoo

But the Angelus bell o'er the Liffey's swell

Rang out in the foggy dew.

Right proudly high over Dublin town

They flung out a flag of war.

'Twas better to die 'neath an Irish sky

Than at Suvla or Sud el Bar.

And from the plains of Royal Meath

Strong men came hurrying through;

While Britannia's sons with their long-range guns

Sailed in through the foggy dew.

Oh, the night fell black and the rifles crack

Made "Perfidious Albion" reel

'Mid the leaden rail, seven tongues of flame

Did shine o'er the lines of steel

By each shining blade, a prayer was said

That to Ireland her sons be true

And when morning broke still the war flag shook

Out its fold in the Foggy Dew.

'Twas England bade our Wild Geese go

That small nations might be free

But their lonely graves are by Suvla's waves

or the fringe of the grey North Sea

Oh had they died by Pearse's side,

or had fought with Cathal Brugha

Their graves we'd keep where the Fenians sleep,

'neath the shroud of the Foggy Dew.

But the bravest fell, and the requiem bell

Rang mournfully and clear

For those who died that Eastertide

In the springing of the year

And the world did gaze, with deep amaze,

At those fearless men and true

Who bore the fight that freedom's light

Might shine through the Foggy Dew.

Ah, back through the glen I rode again,

And my heart with grief was sore

For I parted then with valiant men

Whom I never shall see more

But to and fro in my dreams I go

And I'd kneel and pray for you

For slavery fled, O glorious dead,

When you fell in the Foggy Dew.

The Beaches of St. Valery by the battlefield band.

Quote[/b] ]It was in 1940, the last days of Spring.

    We were sent to the Maginot line,

    A fortress in France, built to halt the advance,

    Of an army from a different time.

    But we were soon overrun, out-thought and outgunned.

    Pushed further back every day.

    But we never believed high command would just leave us.

    So we fought every step of the way

 

 'Til the 51st Highlanders found themselves on  

    The banks of the Somme one more time.

    It still bore the scars of that war to end wars.

    The old soldier’s scars deep in their minds.

    But we didn’t stay long for the Panzers rolled on

    As the battle raged west t’wards the sea,

    Until on June the 10th when sapped of all strength  

    We entered St. Valery

 

Chorus:  

And all I recall is the last boat leavin’!

My brother on board waving and calling to me

And the Jocks stranded there wi’ his hands in the air

On the beaches of St. Valery

 

So I huddled all night in a hammered old house

    As the shells and the bullets rained down

    ‘Til just before dawn our hopes were still strong

    For we moved to the beach from the town

    But the boat that had left on the day we arrived

    Was the last one that we’d ever see

    An’ with no ammo or food we had done all we could

    Se we surrendered at St. Valery

 

Chorus:

 

When I returned at the end of the war,

    From the Stalag where I’d been confined,

    I read of the battles the allies had fought,

    Stalingrad, Alamein, and the Rhine.

    And with pride in their hearts people spoke of Dunkirk

    Where defeat had become victory

    But nobody mentioned that Highland Division.

    They’d never heard of St.Valery

 

 

No stories no statues for those that were killed.

    No honors for those who were gone.

    Just a deep sense of shame as though we were to blame,

    Though I knew in my heart we were not.

    So I’ve moved to a country I’ve come to call home

    But my homeland lies far o’er the sea.

    I will never return while my memory still burns

    On the beaches of St. Valery.

Finally, sky pilot by the animals

Quote[/b] ]He blesses the boys as they stand in line

The smell of gun grease and the bayonets they shine

He's there to help them all that he can

To make them feel wanted he's a good holy man

Sky pilot.....sky pilot

How high can you fly

You'll never, never, never reach the sky

He smiles at the young soldiers

Tells them its all right

He knows of their fear in the forthcoming fight

Soon there'll be blood and many will die

Mothers and fathers back home they will cry

Sky pilot.....sky pilot

How high can you fly

You'll never, never, never reach the sky

He mumbles a prayer and it ends with a smile

The order is given

They move down the line

But he's still behind and he'll meditate

But it won't stop the bleeding or ease the hate

As the young men move out into the battle zone

He feels good, with God you're never alone

He feels tired and he lays on his bed

Hopes the men will find courage in the words that he said

Sky pilot.....sky Pilot

How high can you fly

You'll never, never, never reach the sky

You're soldiers of God you must understand

The fate of your country is in your young hands

May God give you strength

Do your job real well

If it all was worth it

Only time it will tell

In the morning they return

With tears in their eyes

The stench of death drifts up to the skies

A soldier so ill looks at the sky pilot

Remembers the words

"Thou shalt not kill"

Sky pilot.....sky pilot

How high can you fly

You never, never, never reach the sky

[ebns72 0]

Heard this song on the radio today and for some reason thought of this thread-this is a good song:

Black Sabbath-War Pigs

Quote[/b] ]Generals gathered in their masses

Just like witches at black masses

Evil minds that plot destruction

Sorcerers of death’s construction

In the fields the bodies burning

As the war machine keeps turning

Death and hatred to mankind

Poisoning their brainwashed minds, oh lord yeah!

Politicians hide themselves away

They only started the war

Why should they go out to fight?

They leave that role to the poor

Time will tell on their power minds

Making war just for fun

Treating people just like pawns in chess

Wait ’till their judgement day comes, yeah!

Now in darkness, world stops turning

As the war machine keeps burning

No more war pigs of the power

Hand of God has sturck the hour

Day of judgement, God is calling

On their knees, the war pigs crawling

Begging mercy for their sins

Satan, laughing, spreads his wings

All right now!

[-Ash- 0]

Great tune

[RED 0]

One by Metallica:

Quote[/b] ]

I can’t remember anything

Can’t tell if this is true or dream

Deep down inside I feel to scream

This terrible silence stops me

Now that the war is through with me

I’m waking up I can not see

That there is not much left of me

Nothing is real but pain now

Hold my breath as I wish for death

Oh please god,wake me

Back in the womb it’s much too real

In pumps life that I must feel

But can’t look forward to reveal

Look to the time when I’ll live

Fed through the tube that sticks in me

Just like a wartime novelty

Tied to machines that make me be

Cut this life off from me

Hold my breath as I wish for death

Oh please god,wake me

Now the world is gone I’m just one

Oh god,help me hold my breath as I wish for death

Oh please God help me

Darkness imprisoning me

All that I see

Absolute horror

I cannot live

I cannot die

Trapped in myself

Body my holding cell

Landmine has taken my sight

Taken my speech

Taken my hearing

Taken my arms

Taken my legs

Taken my soul

Left me with life in hell

RED

[iNeo 0]

Bathory's Death and Resurrection of a Northern Son

Quote[/b] ]Here I am : my enemies : come and taste the steel of my sword

The earth was still young and the land all new when it was forged

Ore of the mountain towering towards endless sky

The runes down its blade the last thing you will see before you die

In the spring we sailed from Asa Bay with wind and tide

Twenty-nine in all we were : bloodbrothers side by side

Down foreign coasts : across the ocean : wind would fill our sail

High adventures : better to fall by the sword than to die from age or ail

The emperor I served in Miklagĺrd : grand guard was I

Me and my brothers in gold were paid : on my sword I did rely

Returning to Nordland by horse : ambushed were we

And so here I am : come enemies : cornered with my back to the sea

The ground beneath our feet all red awash with human blood

Severed limbs and bodies dead : prepare to meet thy God

Shoulder by shoulder : knee by knee : bloodbrothers by my side

Forgive me mother for missing the unseen blow that cut me down from behind

All still : no more pain : the wind whispering my name

This wound my last : the darkness around me seems vast

Then a bright light I see : the clouds swirl and part before me

In the distance a woman approaching : with a gesture she invites me to proceed

Then a bronze horn I hear : it calls me : and the bridge seems to stretch for a lifetime

Way before me a palace is rising : out of the mist : like a mountain it stands

And it greets me with gates open wide : all around me bloodbrothers by my side

And they show me the seat that bears my name : my place at the table of Oden I do claim

[Guest Ti0n3r]

This thread is getting old but I just had to post this one. I've always loved this song. Both the lyrics and the music.

Quote[/b] ]Cranberries - Zombie

Another head hangs lowly,

Child is slowly taken.

And the violence caused such silence

Who are we mistaken?

But you see, it's not me, it's not my family

In your head, in your head they are fighting

With their tanks and their bombs

And their bombs and their guns

In your head, in your head, they are crying

In your head, in your head

Zombie, hey, what's in your head

In your head, Zombie

Hey oh dou

Another mother's breakin'

Heart is taking over

When the violence causes silence

We must be mistaken

It's the same old theme since 1916.

In your head, in your head they're still fighting

With their tanks and their bombs,

And their bombs and their guns.

In your head, in your head, they are dying

[Tovarish 0]

This thread is getting old but I just had to post this one. I've always loved this song. Both the lyrics and the music.

Hadn't heard that one in so long I'd forgotten about it. Awesome song!

Surprized no one's posted Rooster by Alice in Chains

Quote[/b] ]Ain't found a way to kill me yet

Eyes burn with stinging sweat

Seems every path leads me to nowhere

Wife and kids household pet

Army green was no safe bet

The bullets scream to me from somewhere

Here they come to snuff the rooster

Yeah here come the rooster, yeah

You know he ain't gonna die

No, no, no, ya know he ain't gonna die

Walkin' tall machine gun man

They spit on me in my home land

Gloria sent me pictures of my boy

Got my pills 'gainst mosquito death

My buddy's breathin' his dyin' breath

Oh god please won't you help me make it through

Here they come to snuff the rooster

Yeah here come the rooster, yeah

You know he ain't gonna die

No, no, no ya know he ain't gonna die

"We got famous off singing about a chicken."

- Sean Kinney

[Crazysheep 1]

Ooooh something a bit controversial:

Quote[/b] ]Bloc Party-Price of Gas

I've been driving a mid sized car,

I've never hurt anybody

is that a fact? is that a fact?

is that a fact? is that a fact?

The price of gas keeps on rising

Nothing comes for free

Made like a stone, made like a plant,

Made like a stone, made like a plant

I can tell you how this ends

We're gonna win this

(war, war, war, war, war)

we're gonna win this

(war, war, war, war, war)

we're gonna win this

with spades and truncheons,

guns and trowels,

That is how the war will be won

just swat the fly, just swat the fly,

just swat the fly, just swat the fly

Taking care of cars and bodies,

Nothing ever comes for free

The ghosts are here, red,

the ghosts are here, red,

red white and blue

I can tell you how this ends

We're gonna win this

(war, war, war, war, war)

we're gonna win this

(war, war, war, war, war)

we're gonna win

(war, war, war, war, war)