duty and honour

[fledgist]

we cannot bear to live in constant dread

life urges us to seek a sweeter right

duty and honour both depend on bread

 

the hero is the one who is not dead

but makes it intact through the longest night

we cannot bear to live in constant dread

 

no one should take the bullet in our stead

nor have to take our station in the fight

duty and honour both depend on bread

 

the easy choice is just to stay in bed

and think the nasty dreams of hate and spite

we cannot bear to live in constant dread

 

yet matters come in time to proper head

and our chance of escaping them is slight

duty and honour both depend on bread

 

the hungry monster still has to be fed

and must meet its destruction in the light

we cannot bear to live in constant dread

duty and honour both depend on bread