{"sf1_id":611615,"sf2_id":"yndXbo7n","title":"anthem of the flagmen","author":"clandestinity","words":339,"posted_at":"2013-11-09T05:32:00.000Z","tags":["Flagmen","Poem","song"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/611615-anthem-of-the-flagmen","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/yndXbo7n","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/c3/dc/c3dc56a5-a868-4474-8b29-dbe70dedce2e","description":"this is a song i wrote in honor of all flag bearers that lived and died.\nyou are allowed to actually make this a song as i have no instruments. you can only do so if you credit me for the song","content":"history's all captains and generals,\n\na plane goes up and a fort goes down.\n\nbut there is more to war in general,\n\na flag goes up and the man goes down.\n\nin lines they marched,\n\nin lines they fought,\n\nin lines they died,\n\nbut there are some they forget to mention\n\nand now is where we begin ascension\n\nin the battles of musket and fire,\n\nwe were there with a great desire\n\nin the battles of sergeants and fighting,\n\nwe were there, bleeding and dying\n\nyou've given them credit and forgotten us still,\n\nbut we'll be there to climb the hill\n\nthis is the anthem of the flagmen\n\nhistory remembers tactics and countries,\n\ncharging troops and the stone wall\n\nbut we represent said tactics and countries\n\nmen are gone and damned stone walls\n\nour hands are bloody,\n\nour flag is shot,\n\nwe've worked hard and mentioned us not\n\nwe are one they forget to mention\n\nand now is where we begin ascension\n\nin the battles of musket and fire,\n\nwe were there with a great desire\n\nin the battles of sergeants and fighting,\n\nwe were there, bleeding and dying\n\nyou've given them credit and forgotten us still,\n\nbut we'll be there to climb the hill\n\nthis is the anthem of the flagmen\n\nwe work hard and you don't care,\n\nwe charge in getting missed by a hair\n\nthey evolve to planes and tanks\n\nbones turn to dust but we are still there\n\nin lines they fought,\n\nin lines they died,\n\nour hands are bloody,\n\nour flag is shot\n\nstories move on but forget us not\n\nanthem of the flagmen\n\nanthem of the flagmen\n\nanthem of the flagmen\n\nanthem of the flagmen\n\nin the battles of musket and fire,\n\nwe were there with a great desire\n\nin the battles of sergeants and fighting,\n\nwe were there, bleeding and dying\n\nyou've given them credit and forgotten us still,\n\nbut we'll be there to climb the hill\n\nthis is the anthem of the flagmen\n\nanthem of the flagmen\n\nanthem of the flagmen\n\n  \n  \n\n"}