Life on the Edge - ABS-ISD

A song written by Nick Howarth, drawing from his experience as a section commander at the Internal Stability Division.
Images from the time period 1991 -1994.
Baptism of Fire
Young man you're not alone
You have your brothers in arms
Some day you'll be back home
Where nothing can cause you harm
Young man you're not mad
You have a right to be scared
You have a right to be sad
We are all the same when compared
War is no mans friend my friend
It will expose the darkness within
War is the 'why' we don't blend
Can we ever come back from the sin?
This is your baptism of fire
17 years old and you're in too deep
Smoke, petrol, bodies, burning tyres
Your part in this will forever wake your sleep
Diesel fumes and banging guns
Tracers rage across the sky
These men with me are someones sons
Mothers, wives and sisters know naught but cry
This is a piece of our lives never to be seen
Lives ruined by this baptism of fire
I wish we could wipe it all clean
Now the land belongs to the liar