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The Unseen Enemy, 1916 (including Ashes Theme)

from A Life Of Labours by Silverlode

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Unable to fight further, he was shipped back to England by Doctor’s order. The trip was harsh on his tender body and to add insult to pain, the waves on the sides of the boat recalled to him the ever-present grinding roar of the sea of his childhood. And yet, in spite of his new limping gait and the sustained hearing damage, he was considered lucky to be alive; lucky to find suitable work with a charitable employer; and luckier still to return home to a faithful wife and their son, now walking and keen on talking at a robust eighteen months young.
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lyrics

“They're bringing all the men back
They've been away on the draught”

“But there is factory work
If you don't mind the dust and the dirt
Packing those boxes down
At a warehouse in town”

“A lifetime away from the mud and the rain”
Of Flanders fields where many remain
I am slowly healing from pain
Healing from those wounds
That cannot be seen, do not ooze
My heart never beat the same,
The way that it ought to have been
Sure, I survived, but it hung heavy on my mind

It’s clear to me now I was crippled inside
I became more like my father in my own life
My dreams turned to dust through this failure of trust
A lifetime away from that whirling waltzer of love
I made you my wife
We had a good life
Or that’s what I tell myself…”

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from A Life Of Labours, released November 4, 2022

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Silverlode Leeds, UK

Silverlode is a folksome indie rock band from Leeds.

A folk band in the broadest sense of the word; dogs of pop; self-taught musical ruffians who play to their own traditions. Reinventors of self and prone to playing their songs in a myriad of ways, join Silverlode on their mythological journey through history, future, fantasy and good times via their ever-evolving music.

DIY since 2001. ... more

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