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Red Is The Colour

from War Or Peace by Dischord

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Adapted from the traditional folk song 'Black Is The Colour (Of My True Love's Hair)'

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Red is the Colour

Red is the colour of the box on the green
Just like the cross on the flag at sea
I've got the gentlest hands, And the sweetest smile,
I love the ground, Whereon they lie.

Red is the colour of buses and trams,
Post-boxes line an idealised land
I've got the sharpest bones, And the cruellest eyes,
I love the ground, Whereon they die

I love death, and well they know
I love the ground where poppies grow
I know the day, it soon will come,
When they and I can be as one.

At the graveside, I smile with glee,
Satisfied, I will always be,
I conjure a cause, just a few short lines,
And they suffer death, a thousand times.

Red is the colour that brings them to me
Their blood and their souls, they gave for free
The perfect corpse is a call to arms
I love the ground, whereon young men march
Red is the colour of the petals they wear,
I whisper lies that all is fair
They called me pride, but my name is war
I love the ground, Whereon they fall.

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from War Or Peace, released August 30, 2016
Lyrics by Dischord, Music Traditional Arrangement

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