On Battleship Hill
PJ Harvey * Track #6 On Let England Shake
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Album Let England Shake
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- #2The Last Living Rose
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- #3
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- #4
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- #5All and Everyone
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- #6On Battleship Hill
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- #7England
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- #8In the Dark Places
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- #9Bitter Branches
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- #10Hanging in the Wire
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- #11Written on the Forehead
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- #12The Colour of the Earth
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- #13The Big Guns Called Me Back Again
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- #14The Nightingale
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The song is the sixth track on the purely antiwar PJ Harvey’s album Let England Shake.
PJ told NPR about this song:
…one of the conflicts that affected me a great deal was the Gallipoli campaign in the First World War. Something about the dreadful mismanagement and the shocking waste, needless wast...
On Battleship Hill Lyrics
The scent of Thyme carried on the wind
Stings my face into remembering
Cruel nature has won again
Cruel nature has won again
On Battleship Hill's caved-in trenches
A hateful feeling still lingers
Even now, eighty years later
Cruel nature, cruel, cruel nature
The land returns to how it's always been
Thyme carried on the wind
Jagged mountains jutting out
Cracked like teeth in a rotten mouth
On Battleship Hill I hear the wind
Say, "Cruel nature has won again"
Cruel nature has won again
Cruel nature has won again
Cruel nature has won again
On Battleship Hill Q&A
Who wrote On Battleship Hill's ?
On Battleship Hill was written by PJ Harvey.
Who produced On Battleship Hill's ?
On Battleship Hill was produced by Flood & Mick Harvey & John Parish & PJ Harvey.
When did PJ Harvey release On Battleship Hill?
PJ Harvey released On Battleship Hill on Mon Feb 14 2011.