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Nameless

from Inner Workings by Exchanger

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I think the lyrics convey the idea already but I would like to give you the full context. Almost 2 years ago I saw an article in the press which was a reaction to another article where a military officer was saying the following (translated drom the original French) :
"Since 15 years, before the last [French] veteran of WW1 has even passed away, the Great War has been the target of a dispraise campaign [...] this war had a meaning : die for the motherland. [...] The soft cult of European partnership and sustainable development cannot offer a solid beacon for our youth"
Now bear with me, since he mentions the last veteran of WW1, here are his words :
"This war, we didn't know why we waged it, We fought people that were like us [...] we didn't want to wage it, we were forced to without knowing why [...] we fought, we didn't know each other. We kill, we don't know each other, why ?"

This man refused a national burial ceremony, which is what inspired these lyrics. (I turned his message in a plural form, because I don't think he was the only one saying this, at the very least I hope he was not)

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They had memories, events of our past
Back a hundred years in time
The Great War, supposed to be the last

The last of them has passed away
And the words remaining
Sound like a vital warning

Hear their last lament :
"We didn't want to wage this war,
We didn't want to fight our kind
We didn't know each other
Yet had to kill and die first in line
All this for what ?"

"Toughen up, toughen up !
The youth needs action or they'll turn queer and soft"

So it has come to this
Some madmen want to put you through
The same old nightmares

We'd rather be nameless,
Fameless
Than be an icon for warmongers
We don't condone their craze

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from Inner Workings, released July 6, 2017

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Exchanger Amsterdam, Netherlands

A one man prog metal project based in the area of Amsterdam. What I can't play I program, and what I can't program I play.

Old things : www.jamendo.com/artist/363240/nicklaus/albums

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