Our troops are massed to the east
To wipe out the Russian threat
Soldiers in the west digging trensches
To await the English and French attacks
In this new era of war
In this industrial war
New weapons, Huge armies
Total war, Total slaughter
Flower of a generation, Buried
War of attrition
Machine guns and gas grenades
Are taking a heavy toll
A thick carpet of stinking meat
Leave the rats plenty to eat
In this new era of war
In this industrial war
New weapons, Huge armies
Total war, Total slaughter
Flower of a generation, Buried
War of attrition
They are bringing up the reserves
Fixing the bayonettes, waiting to die
They fall line after line
But they keep coming
In this new era of war
In this industrial war
New weapons, Huge armies
Total war, Total slaughter
Flower of a generation, Buried
War of attrition
A massed wall of humans
Bullets shread up their flesh
Falls into the rusty barbed wire
Never to live again, Penetrated to pieces
Walking in blood, War of attrition
To wipe out the Russian threat
Soldiers in the west digging trensches
To await the English and French attacks
In this new era of war
In this industrial war
New weapons, Huge armies
Total war, Total slaughter
Flower of a generation, Buried
War of attrition
Machine guns and gas grenades
Are taking a heavy toll
A thick carpet of stinking meat
Leave the rats plenty to eat
In this new era of war
In this industrial war
New weapons, Huge armies
Total war, Total slaughter
Flower of a generation, Buried
War of attrition
They are bringing up the reserves
Fixing the bayonettes, waiting to die
They fall line after line
But they keep coming
In this new era of war
In this industrial war
New weapons, Huge armies
Total war, Total slaughter
Flower of a generation, Buried
War of attrition
A massed wall of humans
Bullets shread up their flesh
Falls into the rusty barbed wire
Never to live again, Penetrated to pieces
Walking in blood, War of attrition