[ti:I Fought In A War] [ar:Belle and Sebastian] [al:Fold Your Hands Child, You Wal] [by:] [offset:0] [00:02.05]I fought in a war and I left my friends behind me [00:08.10]To go looking for the enemy and it wasn't very long [00:19.27]Before I would stand with another boy in front of me [00:26.64]And a corpse that just fell into me with the bullets flying round [00:35.07]And I reminded myself of the words you said when we were getting on [00:43.62]And I bet you're making shells back home for a steady boy to wear [00:50.79]Round his neck well it won't hurt to think of you as if you're waiting for [00:59.09]This letter to arrive because I'll be here quite a while [01:08.19]I fought in a war and I left my friends behind me [01:14.56]To go looking for the enemy and it wasn't very long [01:21.74]Before I found out that the sickness there ahead of me [01:29.16]Went beyond the bedsit infamy of the decade gone before [01:33.90]And I reminded myself of the words you said when we were getting on [01:44.33]And I bet you're making shells back home for a steady man to wear [01:51.38]Round his neck well it won't hurt to think of you as if you're waiting for [01:59.31]This letter to arrive because I'll be here quite a while [02:07.41] [02:37.49]I fought in a war and I didn't know where it would end [02:43.29]It stretched before me infinitely I couldn't really think [02:47.73]Of the day beyond now keep your head down pal [02:56.97]There's trouble plenty in this hour this day [02:59.33]I can see hope I can see light [03:02.07] [03:04.97]And I reminded myself of the looks you gave when we were getting on [03:12.89]And I bet you're making shells back home for a steady man to wear [03:20.12]Round his neck well it won't hurt to think of you as if you're waiting for [03:26.11]This letter to arrive because I'll be here quite a while