But in here in this graveyard that is still no man’s land The countless white crosses in mute witness stand To man’s blind indifference to his fellow man To a whole generation that was butchered...

The Celtic people are a highly emotional bunch, as we all know, God bless them. And my songs are based on pure emotion, most of them.

I wanted to write an antiwar song but didn’t want to denigrate the courage of the soldier, … There was too much of that ‘baby killer’ stuff going on.