Low clouds hang heavy and grey
Hiding the light of the day
Iron boots sink in the silt
Where the old battlements tilt
The thunder rolls from far away
Turning the golden fields grey
One lonely helmet stays still
Cold on the brow of the hill
Distant guns shake the wet floor
Opening wide the dark door
Rusted wire cuts through the vine
Holding a broken front line
The thunder rolls from far away
Turning the golden fields grey
One lonely helmet stays still
Cold on the brow of the hill
Water fills every deep track
Leaving a salt-heavy black
Heavy air tastes like old lead
Counting the ghosts of the dead
The thunder rolls from far away
Turning the golden fields grey
One lonely helmet stays still
Cold on the brow of the hill
Rain washes oil from the chrome
Far from a warm summer home
Peace is a heavy stone weight
Sinking beneath the hard fate
The thunder rolls from far away
Turning the golden fields grey
One lonely helmet stays still
Cold on the brow of the hill
Steel in the mud.
Just steel in the mud.
Stay still.