Bodies pile high Mangled by machinegun fire Dying with hands clenched To spines of barbed wire Wade through warm innards A mist of sanguine fog A ditch of fresh remains Consumed by an honourable end Only mud, snow, and guts Come back in a strecher Only identifier A burnt dogtag Dragging the dead Through a mountain pass Blood of forgotten heros Spills down the avalanche Collect unburied dead Counter attack, fortify positions Mined ice caverns Sulphourous dust, noxious fumes Bring forth artillery Creating the craters, exposing infantry Take the summit No retreat, heavy casualties Comrade, mutilated remains Smoke, roaring cannons Iron, shrapnel wounds Frozen, corpses in ice Blood, crystallized Poems, an epitaph Valour, unbridled courage Nation, noble sacrifice Dragging the dead through mountain passes