Pink Floyd - when the tigers broke free

한 어두운 아침, 전선의 지휘관은 병사들을 철수시키고 싶어 하지만, 명령은 따르지 않는다
아버지가 전투에서 희생되어 소년은 슬픔과 상실감을 느끼며, 고마운 왕이 보낸 편지를 통해 아버지를 기억한다
전투의 탐욕과 그로 인해 잃어버린 사랑을 회상하며 그의 삶이 어떻게 뒤바뀌었는지를 이야기한다

It was just before dawn one miserable morning in black Forty-Four
When the forward commander was told to sit tight, when he asked that his men be withdrawn
And the Generals gave thanks as the other ranks held back the enemy tanks for a while
And the Anzio bridgehead was held for the price of a few hundred ordinary lives
And kind old King George sent Mother a note when he heard that Father was gone
It was, I recall, in the form of a scroll with gold leaf and all
And I found it one day in a drawer of old photographs hidden away
And my eyes still grow damp to remember his Majesty signed with his own rubber stamp
It was dark all around, there was frost in the ground when the Tigers broke free
And no one survived from the Royal Fusiliers Company C
They were all left behind, most of them dead, the rest of them dying
And that's how the High Command took my daddy from me