Island Of No Return

Billy Bragg

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ISLAND OF NO RETURN As recorded by Billy Bragg (From the 1984 Album BREWING UP WITH BILLY BRAGG) [Intro] [Verse 1] Digging all day and digging all night To keep my foxhole out of sight Digging into dinner on a plate on my knees The smell of damp webbing in the morning breeze Fear in my stomach fear in the sky I eat my dinner with a weary eye After all this it won’t be the same Messing around on Salisbury Plain [Chorus] Pick up your feet fall in move out We’re going to a party way down South Me and the Corporal out on a spree Damned from here to eternity [Bridge] I can already taste the blood in my mouth? We’re going to a party way down South [Interlude] [Verse 2] I hate this flat land there’s no cover For sons and fathers and brothers and lovers I can take the killing I can take the slaughter But I don’t talk to Sun reporters I never thought that I would be Fighting fascists in the Southern Sea I saw one today and in his hand Was a weapon that was made in Birmingham [Chorus] Pick up your feet fall in move out We’re going to a party way down South Me and the Corporal out on a spree Damned from here to eternity [Bridge] I can already taste the blood in my mouth? We’re going to a party way down South [Interlude] [Chorus] I wish Kipling and the Captain were here To record our pursuits for posterity Me and the Corporal out on a spree Damned from here to eternity [Outro]

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Cette chanson raconte l’histoire d’un soldat qui évoque son quotidien dans un environnement hostile, partagé entre la peur et la détermination. Il décrit ses journées à creuser pour se protéger, tout en tentant de trouver un semblant de normalité à travers des repas simples. Le refrain fait référence à une sorte de dérision dans l'idée de partir "faire la fête" alors qu’il est loin d’un contexte festif, illustrant ainsi l’absurdité de la guerre. Le contexte se situe dans une ambiance de conflit, où le soldat se bat contre des forces fascistes, ressentant un fort dégoût pour la violence tout en restant conscient de sa réalité. Sa lutte n’est pas seulement physique, mais aussi morale, alors qu'il doit affronter ses propres pensées sur la guerre et ses conséquences.

Le Chansonnier