Awoke by the distant sounds of the drums of war
Want me to take the lives of people I never seen before
They tell me that they are the enemy so they must die
I am sure they are telling the other side the same lie
I find myself buried in a faraway muddy foxhole
Encircled by darkness as the cannons smoke blows
I write a blood soaked letter to send to no one at all
As bullets fly by me those around me start to fall
I know that I will soon die like so many have before
To be marked down simply as a casualty of war