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The Aftermath Lyrics

Iron Maiden - The X Factor
Band
Album

The X Factor

(1995)
TypeAlbum (Studio full-length)
GenresHeavy Metal
LabelsEMI Records
Ranked#110 for 1995 , #5,955 all-time
Album rating :  75.1 / 100
Votes :  33
6. The Aftermath (6:20)
Track rating :  78.9 / 100       Votes :  9       [ ]
Silently to silence fall
In the fields of futile war
Toys of death are spitting lead
Where boys that were our soldiers bled
War horse and war machine

Curse the name of liberty
Marching on as if they should
Mix in the dirt our brothers' blood

In the mud and rain
What are we fighting for
Is it worth the pain
Is it worth dying for
Who will take the blame
Why did they make a war
Questions that come again
Should we be fighting at all

Once a ploughman hitches his team
Here he sowed ? his little dream
Now bodies arms and legs are strewn
Where mustard gas and barbwire bloom
Each moment's like a year
I've nothing left inside for tears
Comrades dead or dying lie
I'm left alone asking why

In the mud and rain
What are we fighting for
Is it worth the pain
Is it worth dying for
Who will take the blame
Why did they make a war
Questions that come again
Should we be fighting at all

After the war
Left feeling no one has won
After the war
What does a soldier become

War is over and battles are gone
After the war no one has won
I'm just a soldier
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The X Factor - Album Credits
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  • Nigel Green : Producer, Engineer
  • Steve Harris : Producer, Mixing Engineer
  • Ronal Whelan : Mastering Engineer
  • Mick McKenna : Assistant Engineer
  • Les Lambert : Assistant Engineer
  • Hugh Syme : Cover Art, Art Direction, Design
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