He was a soldier in London in WW2. Saw a beautiful woman and perhaps tried to save her during a bombing raid, but he was hit by shrapnel.
"Struck down by a vision of beauty
Said I was struck down by a long legg'd archer"
Sees a beautiful woman
"Oh the city was hot, but my blood ran cold
Oh, the city went dark, keep calm and carry on."
It was a hot night, but an impending sense of doom overcame him. The bombing started and the city went dark. He was scared, but remembered to 'keep calm and carry on.'
I was a young man, only 19 years old.
I was a young man so very far away from home.
"Enlisted in the Army. Perhaps American, since he was so very far away from home"
Ah she got me, struck down, right through the heart, struck down.
Ah she shot me, struck down, right through the heart, struck down.
"Keep calm and carry on, reefer madness quiets the falling bomb."
London's slogan, but perhaps, it helped to keep calm if you were also stoned.
"I want to be an old man, damn you, von Braun."
He didn't want to die at 19.
"I've been laid low by a blinding light.
I've been torn asunder by the banshee's wail."
The blinding light of a bomb explosion
"Ah she got me, struck down, right through the heart, struck down.
Ah she shot me, struck down, right through the heart, struck down."
Maybe he risked his life to save a beautiful woman in the raid and was hit in the chest with shrapnel.
Just a guess. Could be that there was no woman, or no bombing raid in London, or a little of both.
He was a soldier in London in WW2. Saw a beautiful woman and perhaps tried to save her during a bombing raid, but he was hit by shrapnel.
"Struck down by a vision of beauty Said I was struck down by a long legg'd archer" Sees a beautiful woman
"Oh the city was hot, but my blood ran cold Oh, the city went dark, keep calm and carry on." It was a hot night, but an impending sense of doom overcame him. The bombing started and the city went dark. He was scared, but remembered to 'keep calm and carry on.'
I was a young man, only 19 years old. I was a young man so very far away from home. "Enlisted in the Army. Perhaps American, since he was so very far away from home"
Ah she got me, struck down, right through the heart, struck down. Ah she shot me, struck down, right through the heart, struck down.
"Keep calm and carry on, reefer madness quiets the falling bomb." London's slogan, but perhaps, it helped to keep calm if you were also stoned.
"I want to be an old man, damn you, von Braun." He didn't want to die at 19.
"I've been laid low by a blinding light. I've been torn asunder by the banshee's wail." The blinding light of a bomb explosion
"Ah she got me, struck down, right through the heart, struck down. Ah she shot me, struck down, right through the heart, struck down." Maybe he risked his life to save a beautiful woman in the raid and was hit in the chest with shrapnel.
Just a guess. Could be that there was no woman, or no bombing raid in London, or a little of both.