Hey Brian,

For whatever reason the whole song, your vocals and the band, sound brighter on YouTube then on Soundcloud.
It has somewhat bitter/cynical lyrics, but the battle of the Somme was very, very bad. We went there and on other battlefields of WWI on many occasions. I still have a big grenate in my room from Ieper.It's unbelievable to image how many were slaughtered for less than a mile of terrain gain and for what purpose? You mentioned it in your song: ''the war was nothing then lies...'.
But your performance of this song is very good. Although (as others already mentioned) you could bring up your vocals a bit more. I realise you already did that, but still. Your lyrics come out better. And also if you post them in the forum as well.

Hans

Hans Berkhout
(Birchwood)
https://soundcloud.com/user-296497130