I'm a big fan of a genre of music known as "Battle Metal" which uses accordians, violins and whatnot to create a patriotic-sounding piece of music, overlain with lyrics that are designed to ready a warrior for war. Listening to these songs I wrote this piece and added my own twist.

The smaller stanzas have a set structure which I derived after writing the first one. The larger passages are written to increase pace and give a less peaceful feeling to the reading, and the two passages both deal with the unfolding of war and the unfolding of insanity.

Comments greatly appreciated!