Dreadnoughts, The - Black Letters Lyrics
He was just 18
When he saw her smiling face
As she danced along the streets of Montreal
And in 1916
In the church beneath the ancient city walls
But now he lies awake, staring in up into the dark
At the eyes of a million tiny gods
And when the sun comes up, they'll go over the top, for good
So he writes her black letters
By the time you read these words
There will be no more war, for me
There will be, only peace
He was her only son
And she rocked him back and forth
In the cradle of the tall Alberta grain
And he was scarce a man
When he answered the call
Left her crying as he stepped onto the train
And she was all alone, staring at the moon
As his body hit the sand beneath Calais
And when the sun came up, his words were on the steps for her
And she read his black letters
By the time you read these words
There will be no more war, for me
There will be, only peace
Black letters
Well the day will come
We look into the eyes
Of a fate that is much greater than us all
And by the setting sun
We'll write the words we'd wish to echo
In the hearts of our loved ones should we fall
Those thin dark lines, so delicate and fine
Like a road that could show the way back home
But at the ending of the day, our memories will fade for good
Except for our black letters
By the time you read these words
There will be no more war, for me
There will be, only peace
Black letters
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Dreadnoughts, The Black Letters Comments
What are these black letters, does he reffer to black letter script in the song?
@NINJA OXZ12 I was thinking the very same but then i googled black letters...
@missquprison o dang.... thats ... sad
In the notes in the album it says that they were letters written by soldiers in the event of their deaths and "one Canadian soldier referred to his as his black letters. And when he was killed, his lover read the words, 'Do not worry, my love: by the time you read these words, there will be no more war for me, only peace."
@G W Thank you for this explaination.
During the 19thcentury letters were sealed with wax with a certain etiquette.
Depending on where and when a black seal could indicate that the letter announces a death.
Maybe it stayed and that’s why these letter are said black.
Do not take this comment as accurate information
Superb, intense album from a group we feared had hung it up. Oh, my no. Oh, no indeed.
Powerful message
In a black letter
Definitely my favorite from Foreign skies.
He was just 18
When he saw her smiling face
As she danced along the streets of Montreal
And in 1916
She gave her hand for him to hold
In the church beneath the ancient city walls
But now he lies awake, staring in up into the dark
At the eyes of a million tiny gods
And when the sun comes up, they'll go over the top, for good
So he writes her black letters
By the time you read these words
There will be no more war, for me
There will be, only peace
He was her only son
And she rocked him back and forth
In the cradle of the tall Alberta grain
And he was scarce a man
When he answered the call
Left her crying as he stepped onto the train
And she was all alone, staring at the moon
As his body hit the sand beneath Calais
And when the sun came up, his words were on the steps for her
And she read his black letters
By the time you read these words
There will be no more war, for me
There will be, only peace
Black letters
Well the day will come
We look into the eyes
Of a fate that is much greater than us all
And by the setting sun
We'll write the words we'd wish to echo
In the hearts of our loved ones should we fall
Those thin dark lines, so delicate and fine
Like a road that could show the way back home
But at the ending of the day, our memories will fade for good
Except for our black letters
By the time you read these words
There will be no more war, for me
There will be, only peace
Black letters
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