Remind Lyrics

we left our homes with only our clothes
the crack and the screams and the lives left without,
it was awful. and we followed.
the worst, they feared, the smoke slowly cleared
and in that portrayal lay remnants of life
it was awful. and we followed.

"The poignant misery of dawn begins to grow ...
We only know war lasts, rain soaks, and clouds sag stormy.
Dawn massing in the east her melancholy army
Attacks once more in ranks on shivering ranks of gray,
But nothing happens." (*)

lie and you lie, confuse it all, you deny
watch as we fall, pause for resolve, informal stall, i'll carry on
remind me.

"To-night, His frost will fasten on this mud and us,
Shriveling many hands and puckering foreheads crisp.
The burying-party, picks and shovels in their shaking grasp,
Pause over half-known faces. All their eyes are ice,
But nothing happens."

combine and combine, promise it all, then you cry
see what i saw, remember it all, vivid recall, we had it all
remind me.

die and you die
remind you!
pause for resolve, informal law, carry it on, remind me.

[* from Exposure by Wilfred Owen]

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