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The Words That Maketh Murder

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Release
2011
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  1. The Words That Maketh Murder
    The Words That Maketh Murder

    I have seen and done things I want to forget –
    soldiers fell like lumps of meat,
    blown and shot out beyond belief.
    arms and legs were in the trees.

    I have seen and done things I want to forget –
    coming from an unearthly place,
    longing to see a woman’s face
    or hear a piano’s grace,
    instead of the words that gather pace,
    the words that maketh murder.

    I have seen and done things I want to forget –
    a Corporal, who’s nerves were shot
    climbing behind a fierce, gone sun,
    flies swarming everyone,
    death lingering, stunk
    over the whole summit peak
    flesh quivering in the heat.
    This was something else again.
    I fear it cannot be explained.
    The words that maketh murder.

  2. The Guns Called Me Back Again