Canciones para una vida - Pegazus - Bastards Of War

 

BASTARDS  OF  WAR

La sensación al escuchar el primer sonido de la banda australiana Pegazus ha sido siempre para mí la misma, esa sensación de estar escuchando una de las muchas bandas que salieron a mitad de la década de los 80 solo que en este caso con una década de retraso, y es algo no dicho de forma peyorativa, antes al contrario, en un momento en el que muchas bandas abrian, o continuaban por sendas nuevas, evolucionando a otras cosas, ellos comenzaban mirando hacia el sonido clásico, y su evolución, sobre todo en su siguiente obra sería muy en el camino del power, pero su debut es simple y llanamente heavy metal de la vieja escuela. Hablamos de 1995 cuando editaban este "Pegazus" homónimo al nombre de la banda, abriendo ese camino que les ha llevado sin demasiado reconocimeinto hasta nuestros días, aunque lleven, a fecha de esta reseña, una década sin editar nada nuevo. De su debut quiero hoy dejar en el blog una de sus canciones, concretamente "Bastards of war", de la que dejo un enlace a youtube.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y75Ct8HKMM0 

 

Soldier boy back on your feet
Don't stop till the enemy retreat
You signed your life away on the dotted line
I own you boy, now you are mine

Now die for your country
Your country needs you
But if you come back home
No one will give a damn
You may have won a battle
But you haven't won the war

SURRENDER YOUR FREEDOM
YOU BASTARDS OF WAR
THE KILLING OF TIME'S
WHAT YOU'RE FIGHTING FOR
GET OUT OF THE TRENCHES
AND FIGHT LIKE A MAN
YOU'RE A WAR MACHINE
DOES YOUR COUNTRY GIVE A DAMN - NO!

Now you are a military fighter
You've got that killer instinct boy
You're a freedom fighter an instigator
So we're sending you to hell

Now die for your country
Your country needs you
But if you come back home
No one will give a damn
You may have won a battle
But you haven't won the war

SURRENDER YOUR FREEDOM
YOU BASTARDS OF WAR
THE KILLING OF TIME'S
WHAT YOU'RE FIGHTING FOR
GET OUT OF THE TRENCHES
AND FIGHT LIKE A MAN
YOU'RE A WAR MACHINE
DOES YOUR COUNTRY GIVE A DAMN - NO!

Now die for your country
Your country needs you
But if you come back home
No one will give a damn
You may have won a battle
But you haven't won the war

SURRENDER YOUR FREEDOM
YOU BASTARDS OF WAR
THE KILLING OF TIME'S
WHAT YOU'RE FIGHTING FOR
GET OUT OF THE TRENCHES
AND FIGHT LIKE A MAN
YOU'RE A WAR MACHINE
DOES YOUR COUNTRY GIVE A DAMN - NO!

Fear in their eyes
Trembling all inside
As they hear of the wars
And the killing of time
Pillage the towns
And kill all the men
The women are raped
And children are slain
The poor have to sacrifice
Their lives for their nation
Their lives being meaningless
For this cruel operation
Another order, another lot
Of human infestation
Upon another's land
To bring home death and hatred.

SURRENDER YOUR FREEDOM
YOU BASTARDS OF WAR
THE KILLING OF TIME'S
WHAT YOU'RE FIGHTING FOR
GET OUT OF THE TRENCHES
AND FIGHT LIKE A MAN
YOU'RE A WAR MACHINE
DOES YOUR COUNTRY GIVE A DAMN

SURRENDER YOUR FREEDOM
YOU BASTARDS OF WAR
THE KILLING OF TIME'S
WHAT YOU'RE FIGHTING FOR
GET OUT OF THE TRENCHES
AND FIGHT LIKE A MAN
YOU'RE A WAR MACHINE
DOES YOUR COUNTRY GIVE A DAMN

SURRENDER YOUR FREEDOM
YOU BASTARDS OF WAR
THE KILLING OF TIME'S
WHAT YOU'RE FIGHTING FOR
GET OUT OF THE TRENCHES
AND FIGHT LIKE A MAN
YOU'RE A WAR MACHINE
DOES YOUR COUNTRY GIVE A DAMN - NO!

Country give a damn - No!
Country give a damn - No!
Country give a damn - No!
Country give a damn - No!
Country give a damn - No!
Country give a damn - No!
Country give a damn - No!
Country give a damn - No! 

By Nash