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And as the boats came to a halt, it had already started happening
I could see the flashes up on the cliffs, the flames from the machine guns
I could hear the deafening screams of my mates, of Australia’s soldiers
It was all around me, but I couldn’t sit there and watch my mates die around me
We all piled out, what was left of us, and began the sprint up to the base of the cliffs
It was like Hell incarnate, nothing but explosions and screaming all around, everywhere
I saw a soldier drop in front of me, but he wasn’t dead
He was but to take a shot at the invisible enemy that was slaughtering all of us
But instead of hitting the enemy, he hit one of his mates running ahead
I saw him shout out, and then look around with a face sunken full of guilt
Our eyes met, but I quickly broke the gaze and continued up the beach
I knew he would have the chance to make up for it, to kill the enemy, either today
Or tomorrow, before he died, but it would probably be today
Even those who had made it to the cliff base were being cut down still
From shrapnel of exploding artillery or grenades
I tripped over a dead body, but as I looked behind me, he was talking
Talking to someone I could never hope to see
He was talking to his God and his wife
“I love you, I will always be with you. Do not despair, I will be with you. Always…”
And a final groan escaped his lungs before his voice trailed off and his face lost all colour
All life, all enthusiasm we all had when we first shipped out
All that meant nothing to us now, it was a fight, a losing fight, for our lives
And then it hit me, what if I don’t make it back home?
I had never thought of it that way, I had been so cocky and felt invincible
We were told we were about to do something that would mean something with our lives
But what if we did have a meaning already? What if we had our meaning at home?
But it didn’t matter now, but then again nothing did
I had lost all haring, I could see men shout, screaming and talking but I could not hear
I got this gut feeling like a 10 kilo lead weight
I wanted to go home, to my family and see green grass
But not today

Who knew what the future held for me
Whether it would be good bad or somewhere in between
All I cared about was the men next to me
And no one was going to take that away from me
No one

Description
And as the boats came to a halt, it had already started happening
I could see the flashes up on the cliffs, the flames from the machine guns
I could hear the deafening screams of my mates, of Australia’s soldiers
It was all around me, but I couldn’t sit there and watch my mates die around me
We all piled out, what was left of us, and began the sprint up to the base of the cliffs
It was like Hell incarnate, nothing but explosions and screaming all around, everywhere
I saw a soldier drop in front of me, but he wasn’t dead
He was but to take a shot at the invisible enemy that was slaughtering all of us
But instead of hitting the enemy, he hit one of his mates running ahead
I saw him shout out, and then look around with a face sunken full of guilt
Our eyes met, but I quickly broke the gaze and continued up the beach
I knew he would have the chance to make up for it, to kill the enemy, either today
Or tomorrow, before he died, but it would probably be today
Even those who had made it to the cliff base were being cut down still
From shrapnel of exploding artillery or grenades
I tripped over a dead body, but as I looked behind me, he was talking
Talking to someone I could never hope to see
He was talking to his God and his wife
“I love you, I will always be with you. Do not despair, I will be with you. Always…”
And a final groan escaped his lungs before his voice trailed off and his face lost all colour
All life, all enthusiasm we all had when we first shipped out
All that meant nothing to us now, it was a fight, a losing fight, for our lives
And then it hit me, what if I don’t make it back home?
I had never thought of it that way, I had been so cocky and felt invincible
We were told we were about to do something that would mean something with our lives
But what if we did have a meaning already? What if we had our meaning at home?
But it didn’t matter now, but then again nothing did
I had lost all haring, I could see men shout, screaming and talking but I could not hear
I got this gut feeling like a 10 kilo lead weight
I wanted to go home, to my family and see green grass
But not today

Who knew what the future held for me
Whether it would be good bad or somewhere in between
All I cared about was the men next to me
And no one was going to take that away from me
No one