31 March, 2010 — Winter Patriot

I haven’t been able to blog lately and I apologize for my absence. I still can’t blog much but I wish to share with you the newest music video from Chris Floyd — “Bitter Laugh” — which has entered my Top 10 list at Number One.

Bitter Laugh

Death the great deceiver
Whispers to the soldier
That the love he bears his comrade
Is the greatest he will know
It sets a mist around him
A force field of emotion
A cloud of blood and hormones
That makes monstrous the foe

And when his friend is wounded
When his life pours out in battle
And his spirit leaves his body
Like smoke rising from a flame
The soldier’s gripped by madness
The berserker rage of Ares
And he swoops down like a fury
To savage all within his aim

Then falls the grieving mother
Then falls the aged father
Then fall the little children
Who cannot escape the blast
And when the fever’s broken
And the soldier stares in horror
He can hear the ghostly echo
Of the Deceiver’s bitter laugh

Now far-off stand the leaders
The commanders in their glory
With the profiteers who ply them
With the gold they wring from blood
But alone you’ll find the soldier
In a labyrinth of sorrow
In a never-ending darkness
That has drowned him in its flood

You can see the post in its original context here. You might consider leaving a word of thanks for the artist, and/or throwing a coin into his virtual hat.

In my opinion you should bookmark Chris Floyd’s blog site, Empire Burlesque, and visit it often.

In my further opinion, you should also check out Chris Floyd’s music page, where you will find some very good material. I don’t think any of it is as good as “Bitter Laugh”, but that would be almost too much to ask … even of Chris!

I hope to be able to blog again soon, even if only a little bit.

Best wishes to all my online friends.

And thanks again to Chris Floyd, for telling such horrible truths in such beautiful ways.