‘18 (My Brother, My Blood)

Here in the trenches, I'm barely a man
But miles from the boy I once knew
We're held down defenseless stuck in the mud
Wearing another man's boots
No girl I remember with these two hands
If love was a gun I loved you
No one surrenders an inch of the land
We're alive but somehow removed
I hear my mother who trembles 'son, come home soon.'
I'm blank as the books seem to be, abandoned in my room
I carry my brother across this scorched field of wounds
One more ridge to defend
Stay with me friend
We'll drink to forget when it's done
My brother, my blood
The night serves a quiet, dishonest and spare
There's news it will come to an end
I was young when it mattered, but now I don't care
When there's more just like us they will send
I swim in the eyes of the enemy as we drag each other down
Will the water that washes all over me decide which one should drown?
I'll crawl out alone with that memory in search of higher ground
One more line to extend
Don't leave me my friend
We'll sing to forget when it's done
My brother, my blood
My brother, my blood
My brother, my blood
My brother