When the Tigers Broke Free

歌曲 When the Tigers Broke Free
歌手 Pink Floyd
专辑 Ultra Rare Trax 2 (The Radio Sessions): Archives (1967 / 1987)

歌词

[01:25.88] It was just before dawn
[01:29.32] One miserable morning in black 'forty four.
[01:36.33] When the forward commander
[01:39.16] Was told to sit tight
[01:41.53] When he asked that his men be withdrawn.
[01:47.31] And the Generals gave thanks
[01:51.63] As the other ranks held back
[01:55.55] The enemy tanks for a while.
[01:59.30] And the Anzio bridgehead
[02:01.38] Was held for the price
[02:04.21] Of a few hundred ordinary lives.
[02:13.90] And old King George
[02:15.67] Sent Mother a note
[02:18.89] When he heard that father was gone.
[02:23.05] It was, I recall,
[02:25.24] In the form of a scroll,
[02:28.26] With gold leaf and all.
[02:33.64] And I found it one day
[02:36.55] In a drawer of old photographs, hidden away.
[02:44.82] And my eyes still grow damp to remember
[02:47.76] His Majesty signed
[02:52.19] With his own rubber stamp.
[02:56.82] It was dark all around.
[02:59.54] There was frost in the ground
[03:02.13] When the tigers broke free.
[03:08.84] And no one survived
[03:11.91] From the Royal Fusiliers Company C.
[03:18.89] They were all left behind,
[03:22.95] Most of them dead,
[03:26.12] The rest of them dying.
[03:31.68] And that's how the High Command
[03:34.86] Took my daddy from me.