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| | | Artist: | Camel |
| | Album: | Nude | | Track: | Drafted | | | | Date Added: | 18/10/2007 | | Views: | 37 | | | | Lyrics: | Nude's thoughts were interrupted by a knock at the door. The
postman muttered something about
wishing he could go too
and handed over a yellow envelope.
It was a command long overdue
that called for healthy,
young men.
In reply to your request,
please
find...
I hereby protest.
To the ways and means you use
you know...
I cannot
refuse.
So I'll take this vow
of Loyalty.
Fight for the right,
You have
said,
To be free.
When this time has run its course,
I must...
Live
without remorse.
For the deeds I'm bound to do,
I know...
it's all the same to
you.
But I won't forget
the memory...
Taking a life,
for a life...
to
be free.
Nude's life revolved around orders. He found himself pushed
and pulled
onto a crowded deck of uniformed figures who
shared the same expressionless faces. Loved ones
stood
anxiously on the pier as the transport faded into separating mist.
Water and night
seemed one. Nude was going to war...
Thunder cracked. Ramps hit the beach and countless
boots
assaulted the shore. His heart punding, Nude stumbled
headlong into the undergrowth
in a desperate search for
refuge. Sheets of rain drenched the sunless forest as the skies
opened raging down on the tiny island. Panic-stricken, Nude
staggered forward and fell
unconscious.
Raindrops spattered from the trees onto Nude's face.
Startled and confused,
Nude listened in the humid silence; he
was alone and had no idea where he was. Worst of all,
he didn't
know what had become of his Regiment.
The setting sin left Nude with the
growing darkness of his
fears. He made camp and slept with dreams of a dawn rescue,
unaware that his Unit had already left the island. In wartime, one
less soldier is hardly
noticeable.
Seasons turned with time. Nude had given up the search for his
Unit but
continued to move through the jungle, bayonet poised,
as if a thousand eyes were upon him.
Home was a cave in a
hidden lagoon with abundant vegetation and fresh springs. The
highest point of the island provided shelter from annual
monsoon floods and sanctuary for his
soul.
His military duties consisted of a monthly visit to the
mountain top whereupon he
ceremoniously croaked the
national anthem and fired one precious bullet into the air.
In
the loneliness he endured, Nude found an inner strength
that flowed with the rhythm of
instinct. | | | |
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