The lyrics are wrong in three points: original is:
You sleep and dream of your buddies Charlie and Jim
...
and then
Just whisper the word 'tomorrow' in my ear
... finally
the slow burning away ...
I think it's about a veteran whose soul has been lost to the devil during the war and menages to get it through thanks to love, that burns away the bitter fires of the devil's arcade
The lyrics are wrong in three points: original is: You sleep and dream of your buddies Charlie and Jim ... and then Just whisper the word 'tomorrow' in my ear ... finally the slow burning away ...
I think it's about a veteran whose soul has been lost to the devil during the war and menages to get it through thanks to love, that burns away the bitter fires of the devil's arcade