The Bite and Sting

I've spent days in this trench in the snow
Just my gun by my side
It's cold and wet and you're all alone
Up keeping watch at night

The bite and the sting
The bitter cold brings
Reminds you that you're still alive
The hope and the pride that we all hold inside
Seems to break when another boy dies
The bite and the sting
The bitter cold brings
Makes you wish that you weren't still alive
The hope and the pride we all hold inside
Seems to break, seems to break

We ain't seen no Germans for days
We're just tired and sore
And it feels like I'm wasting away
So I drink from my flask to stay warm
Every bomb miles away
Every faded engine cry
Still makes your heart start to race
Keeps you praying at night

It's too quiet and too calm
For something not to be wrong
So we sit as brothers in arms
So we wait and we shake
Hear the roar of the tanks
And the gunfire of the oncoming storm
The ring in our ears
And the cold rush of fear
Overtakes us with the enemy in sight
We stagger, but don't falter
I aim and pull the trigger
And we fight, we fight, we fight

But it all happens too fast
The blur of the sweat in my eyes
For every man killed
Seems two of my friends fall to die
I'm down on my knees
Feel the pain in my gut
And the snow is covered in blood
Crawl to my captains side
With his head on my knees
Says "See to it that my grave is kept clean"

Awake in a hospital bed
Just rows and rows and rows of dying kids
And I know that my whole infantry is dead