A world war was raging,
like the Earth had never seen
A whole generation lined up in trenches
with killing machines
But aside from a few islands
and some mountain peaks
The pandemic killed more people
in just 24 weeks
No one knows where it began,
speculation's gone on for years
The trenches of Europe
is where the deadly strain appears
From packed trains and ships and hospitals,
around the globe it spread
This war strain of the virus
that left so many dead
The death toll was unequal,
but barely anywhere
Was left untouched –
though the greatest share
of dying was reserved
for the poorest, densest colonies
of the empires and their wars
that created this disease
If you have a couple hours,
then do something with me
conduct a little research
into your family tree
If you look into it, it won't take long,
quite likely you will find
In 1918, you left an ancestor behind..
The pandemic knew no borders,
it went from the front lines
Which had increased
its deadliness, as if by design
It circled the whole planet,
so many people died
They dug mass graves everywhere
and put your relatives inside
A world war was raging,
like the Earth had never seen
A whole generation lined up
in trenches with killing machines
But aside from a few islands
and some mountain peaks
The pandemic killed more people
in just 24 weeks..
like the Earth had never seen
A whole generation lined up in trenches
with killing machines
But aside from a few islands
and some mountain peaks
The pandemic killed more people
in just 24 weeks
No one knows where it began,
speculation's gone on for years
The trenches of Europe
is where the deadly strain appears
From packed trains and ships and hospitals,
around the globe it spread
This war strain of the virus
that left so many dead
The death toll was unequal,
but barely anywhere
Was left untouched –
though the greatest share
of dying was reserved
for the poorest, densest colonies
of the empires and their wars
that created this disease
If you have a couple hours,
then do something with me
conduct a little research
into your family tree
If you look into it, it won't take long,
quite likely you will find
In 1918, you left an ancestor behind..
The pandemic knew no borders,
it went from the front lines
Which had increased
its deadliness, as if by design
It circled the whole planet,
so many people died
They dug mass graves everywhere
and put your relatives inside
A world war was raging,
like the Earth had never seen
A whole generation lined up
in trenches with killing machines
But aside from a few islands
and some mountain peaks
The pandemic killed more people
in just 24 weeks..
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