We are the men of sweat and steel
We are the men the world denies
So now we walk abandoned fields
Beneath these foreign skies
We're gonna join the bitter test
And though there's some will break and fall
Where there's nothing here but happiness
And duty's restless call
So it calls, but only to the chosen
To the boys who landed at Liège
Meet me at the station
In the glory of the sun
Into the arms by which the world was won
Come on and wipe away your tears
And the memories bright and gay
The laughter of unclouded years
Will slowly bleed away
Staring at the stars above
Underneath these foreign skies
We've never been so happy love
In all our goddamned lives
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All our lives, have been for naught and wasted
All our lives, soon to be redeemed
Meet me at the station
With a banner and a grin
We'll watch the sun go down
On old Berlin
And when it was done and we'd carried the day
I watched her life's blood go slipping away
And I stared down, into her cold blue eyes
Sweet mother Mary, deliver your grace
Deliver us all from the look on her face
And the screams
The long and desperate sighs
All our lives
Have been a cruel secret
All our lives
A tender age in bloom
So I drink this final cup
And rest this weary head
And watch the waters rising up
To wash away the dead
We are the men the world denies
So now we walk abandoned fields
Beneath these foreign skies
We're gonna join the bitter test
And though there's some will break and fall
Where there's nothing here but happiness
And duty's restless call
So it calls, but only to the chosen
To the boys who landed at Liège
Meet me at the station
In the glory of the sun
Into the arms by which the world was won
Come on and wipe away your tears
And the memories bright and gay
The laughter of unclouded years
Will slowly bleed away
Staring at the stars above
Underneath these foreign skies
We've never been so happy love
In all our goddamned lives
See The Dreadnoughts Live
Get tickets as low as $47
You might also like
Daughters of the Sun
The Dreadnoughts
Up High
The Dreadnoughts
Randy Dandy-Oh
The Dreadnoughts
All our lives, have been for naught and wasted
All our lives, soon to be redeemed
Meet me at the station
With a banner and a grin
We'll watch the sun go down
On old Berlin
And when it was done and we'd carried the day
I watched her life's blood go slipping away
And I stared down, into her cold blue eyes
Sweet mother Mary, deliver your grace
Deliver us all from the look on her face
And the screams
The long and desperate sighs
All our lives
Have been a cruel secret
All our lives
A tender age in bloom
So I drink this final cup
And rest this weary head
And watch the waters rising up
To wash away the dead
Contributed by Dq82 - 2025/9/24 - 17:57
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2017
Foreign skies
Foreign Skies is a concept album descriribing the first world war. From the intial call to arms, to women’s suffragests to a soldier being executed for cowardice, each song tells the story from a different perspective at a different time.
“In 1914, German soldiers invaded Belgium and fought their first major battle at Liege. Many wrote letters home foretelling immanent victory and a triumphant return home. Already, however, these letters were stained with shame and regret.”