Name: talking to ghosts by olivia ruby
Duration: 3 min 19 s
Description: this is a song i wrote for my series "i wrote a song for you." I love this one very much. <3

shit...... this shit slaps your heart bro

Olivia I follow you on some of your social media accounts 

Omg the fact that i just found this is crazy

Listened to this when it came out and still listening and feeling these emotions all over again

When the Last Drummer Boy is left standing.
Was the war worth all the dead and wounded?

The Last Drummer Boy

[Verse]
A shadow falls where the banners flew
A ghost of a song whispers through
Did the cries reach heaven's door
Or vanish like smoke from the cannon's roar

[Prechorus]
The field is silent the stars don't blink
Was it glory or madness what do you think

[Chorus]
When the last drummer boy is left standing
Was the war worth all the dead and wounded
Echoes in the valley cold and bare
A question hangs unanswered in the air

[Verse 2]
Boot prints deep in the muddy ground
The bugle's gone no victory sound
The trees bear witness to the toll
A battle's price carved on every soul

[Bridge]
The rivers run red but they don’t rewind
The sun rises still though it leaves behind
The names that fade the lives that broke
Ashes and tears and the words we spoke

[Chorus]
When the last drummer boy is left standing
Was the war worth all the dead and wounded
Echoes in the valley cold and bare
A question hangs unanswered in the air


It was not uncommon for young boys to be used as drummers in war. In battle, the instruments often meant the difference between victory and defeat, even though the musicians had no weapons to defend themselves with, but stood there in the battle alarm with a pipe or drum and played hour after hour. However, it was precisely these who stood at the forefront and were also the ones who were killed first.

Music was a communication center during battles, while at the same time symbolizing the collective will to fight and thus the very reason why one fought; that is, for the nation or homeland.

When the Last Drummer Boy is Left Standing

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this is a song i wrote for my series "i wrote a song for you." I love this one very much. <3

talking to ghosts

warm bodies

dear katie

cranberry kisses

f*** you joe, and casey knight, and even becca - ew!
you caused some hell on my daylight
i did it back to you

where’s my phone?
i lost my keys too
oh wait, i can’t drive cause i’m too young to
take life by the wheel
to take life by the wheel

i wanna win homecoming king
shedded pounds & wasted tears
i know i’m not that good-looking
but it’s only freshman year

my friends do drugs while i’m home crying
they never take advice so i’m done trying
holding their hands home
i’m done holding their home

where’s my phone?
i lost my keys too
oh wait, i can’t drive cause i’m too young to
take life by the wheel
to take life by the wheel

i wanna win homecoming king
shedded pounds & wasted tears
i know i’m not that good-looking
but it’s only freshman year

“go kill yourself, faggot”, i’ve been told a hundred million times.
“she’ll never like you, she’ll never like you!”
“hang with the girls, maggot”, i’ve never had a friend who was a guy.
he’d never like me
he’d never like me

i wanna win homecoming king
shedded pounds & wasted tears
i know i’m not that good-looking
but it’s only freshman year

i wanna win homecoming king
shedded pounds & wasted tears
i know i’m not that good-looking
but it’s only freshman year

freshman year

unsaid ways

ᵂᴱᴸᶜᴼᴹᴱ ᵀᴼ ᵀᴴᴱ ᴹᵁˢᴱᵁᴹ ᴼᶠ ᴹᵞ ᴹᴵᴺᴰ·.°·.

talking to ghosts

olivia ruby

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