YPRES

 

Since that day

In that fateful campaign

When you stepped willingly

Upon that sodden Flanders field

And were gathered in

During that bloody harvest

Your future was no more

 

Since that day

In that fateful campaign

When you stepped out and fell

Upon that sodden Flanders field

And lay with silent comrades

During that bloody harvest

Your dreams were no more

 

Since that day

In that fateful campaign

When you stood and were counted

Upon that sodden Flanders field

And lay in the company of hero’s

During that bloody harvest

Your hopes were no more

 

Since that day

In that fateful campaign

When you were called to god

From that sodden Flanders field

With hordes of silent comrades

During that bloody harvest

You could love no more

 

Since that day

In that fateful campaign

Others lived to fight another day

From that sodden Flanders field

And when the cost was tallied

After that bloody harvest

The world was changed forever

 

Since the day the peace was one

Others ventured out in the world

And thrived in a world forever changed

A world you helped to change

You could not reap the rewards

You could never again walk in the sun

Or Feel a cooling breeze upon your face

You gave your life for others futures

You fell to fulfill others dreams

Your sacrifice secured others hopes

Since you fell others have loved

And been loved in return as you could not

When you fell upon that sodden Flanders field

You sowed the seed of freedom

When the fragile seedling bore fruit

It changed the world forever