Big Country

Where The Rose Is Sown

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We're at war all the papers say
We will win i read today
We are strong it wasn't us
We are right who started this?
Leave your work i just left school
Leave your home i am no fool
Take up arms it left me strong
Sound alarms the school bell rings
Sons of men who stand like gods
We give life to feed the cause
And run to ground our heathen foe
Our name will never die
This time will be forever

Join up here i wave goodbye
We need you oh my breast sighs
Have no fear i must try
God will be with braver men

Take the vow i know its right
Praise the flag the good fight
We're at war i'm on my way
We will win why do i pray ?
I wait here in this hole
Playing poker with my soul
I hold the rifle close to me
It lights the way to keep me free

If i die in a combat zone
Box me up and ship me home
If i die and still come home
Lay me where the rose is sown

Sons of men who stand like gods
We give life to feed the cause
And run to ground our heathen foe
Our name will never die
This time will be forever

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dave_martera On Dec 11, 2004

Broken Heart (Thirteen Valleys)

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2004-12-11 21:50:14

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by iona_skye

19y ago

Stuart was definitely anti-war as is the song. His explanation of the song is: "The mother and son and the wife and the husband...I wanted to see every point". To me the song is about how war affects people's thinking about "the others" (We are right...who started this?...Run to ground our heathen foe) and how war takes the lives of young people (box me up and ship me home).
This song, like the band itself, is simply amazing- how many bands out there had/have music that deals with such issues and took the vantage point of real people and how they feel and live. Everything about Big Country, from their soaring guitar riffs to their poetic and thought provoking lyrics was unique.

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by gothic_hobbit

14y ago

This is definitely an underrated 80's classic !

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by Ordie

10y ago

The song was written in reaction to the Falklands / Malvinas War. It tells the story about the build up, and tragedy of war. The LP has the song immediately transition into "Come Back To Me" to conclude of the story.

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by Kaguth

21y ago

Is this song pro or anti war?

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