The Aftermath Lyrics - The X Factor - Iron Maiden

Silently to silence fall 

In the fields of futile war 

Toys of death are spitting lead 

Where boys that were our soldiers bled 

Warhorse and war machine 

Curse the name of Liberty 

Marching on as if they should 

Mix in the dirt our brothers' blood 

In the mud and rain 

What are we fighting for? 

Is it worth the pain? 

Is it worth dying for? 

Who will take the blame? 

Why did they make a war? 

Questions that come again 

Should we be fighting at all? 

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Once, a ploughman hitched his team 

Here he sowed his little dream 

Now bodies, arms, and legs are strewn 

Where mustard gas and barbwire bloom 

Each moment's like a year 

I've nothing left inside for tears 

Comrades dead or dying lie 

I'm left alone asking, "Why?" 

In the mud and rain 

What are we fighting for? 

Is it worth the pain? 

Is it worth dying for? 

Who will take the blame? 

Why did they make a war? 

Questions that come again 

Should we be fighting at all? 

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After the war 

Left feeling no one has won 

After the war 

What does a soldier become 

War is over and battles are gone 

After the war, no one has won 

I'm just a soldier