“A Life (1895 – 1915)” refers to the British poet Roland Leighton (March 27th, 1895 – December 23rd, 1915), who died young as a soldier in the first World War. He became famous through his fancée Vera Brittain’s memoir Testament of Youth.
[Verse]
Uniform
Dream cites freedom
Avow
Relent
Such suffering
Few certain
[Chorus]
And here I lay, lay, oh Lord
And here I lay, lay, now
[French chanting]
[Instrumental]
[Chorus]
Here I lay, here my Lord
Ohh, ohh
A Life (1895 - 1915) was written by Warne Livesey & Mark Hollis.
A Life (1895 - 1915) was produced by Mark Hollis.
Mark Hollis released A Life (1895 - 1915) on Mon Feb 02 1998.
That was someone born before the turn of the century and dying within one year of the First World War at a young age. It was based on Vera Brittan’s boyfriend. It’s the expectation that must have been in existence at the turn of the century, the patriotism that must’ve existed at the start of the wa...