Upon a time it was a duty and expected to trip off to war

With the threat of a wickedness from somewhere might come

It will darken your door and make sonless mothers of manyFor the price of a life you′d be sure, two every penny

There's a life at the end of the war

If you like I′ll still marry you then

There's a light at the end of the war

I hope it's you

In the time of a war hold your faith, grab your steel, be ready

Know your plan from the land grow what you can, feed the many

You can be sure what you′re told is a lie, propaganda peddled

We′ll have you home from the war, boys, it's certain, with all the trimmings

There′s a life at the end of the war

If you like I'll still marry you then

There′s a light at the end of the war

I hope it's you

So, your journey has begun, you arrive, land, sea or fly in on silken and

And the faces you′ll see are like yours, but you're expected to kill them

Make no mistake if you don't you be dust swirling and spinning

Whilst your girl is at home baking cakes and pressing the linen

Steal a smoke, tell a joke, but inside you′re shaking and screaming

If the fears in your mind were to chime, it would leave their ears ringing

Come on, boys, it the time stand in line, the trenches we′re leaving

Every ounce of you torn to believing we're fighting some evil

There′s a life at the end of the war

If you like I'll still marry you then

There′s a light at the end of the war

I hope it's you

Now in time we′ll look back and remember all of the fallen

Surely now we can learn and take back some of the grieving

But around this blue world, people bicker, barrack and beat us

Who can blame them with 24 hours of media to feed us?

Till we strive for the stars and not just mars and realise its meaning

Only then will there be peace in this world free of supernatural leanings

I'm not against Mr Jones having faith in his Sunday school reading

But mankind has a bind and we need to see the future clearly

There's a life at the end of the war

If you like I′ll still marry you then

There′s a light at the end of the war

I hope it's you