Last Post on the Bugle

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“The Last Post” is a bugle call (a short military song played on a bugle sometimes accompanied with drums) played at military funerals. The chorus is written similarly to a… Read More

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Last Post on the Bugle Lyrics

[Chorus]
If I have to go
I will be thinking of your love
Oh somehow you'll know
You will know
Thinking of your love

[Verse 1]
Slyly they whispered away
As I played the last post on the bugle
I heard them say
Oh that boy's no different today
Except in every single way

[Chorus]
If I have to go
I will be thinking of your love
Oh somehow you'll know
You'll just know
Thinking of your love

[Verse 2]
Oh, I was carried away
Caught up in an affray
As they let him away, he sang
"We'll meet again someday
Oh my boy, there's a price to pay"

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[Chorus]
If I have to go
I will be thinking of your love
Oh somehow you'll know
And don't know how but you'll know
Be thinking of your love

La-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la la la

[Bridge]
Inside I felt
So, so alone
Locked in a room
Waiting 'til kingdom come
Although I felt elated
I felt like I was scum

[Verse 3]
Oh, I was carried away
Caught up in an affray
As they let him away, he sang
"We'll meet again someday
Oh my boy, there's a price to pay"

[Verse 4]
Feels like I've never been away
Though it's been longer than I could possibly say
I've been wandering the market
Carrying a sign, saying the end of
The world is nigh
I'm glad to see we're still tight
The bonds that tie a man are tight
Yet we do what we do
With ritual habituality
All through the night

About

“The Last Post” is a bugle call (a short military song played on a bugle sometimes accompanied with drums) played at military funerals.
The chorus is written similarly to a last note one would leave to their loved ones before going to war.

It has been written and is sung solely by Doherty, however, the melody and even some of the lyrics are directly taken from the pop song “Wars Or Hands Of Time”.