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Your basic anti-war song. Kaichang is well-read in Old Earth history and knows about poppies.

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No Poppies
(Kaichang)

Plant no poppies
Where I lie.
Let there be no celebration
Of the moment when I die.
Let no bands play
Marching songs,
There’s a place for music
But this is not where it belongs...

Plant no poppies
In the field
Where they sent us out to fight and die
Our fates already sealed.
Let no wisdom
Adorn our grave,
There are wise men somewhere
But this is not how they behave...
Let no flags fly
At half-mast
For the future is what matters now
And we are in the past
Make no speeches
About our deeds
There’s a world in anguish
And we have nothing that it needs...

You will remember us for ever
You say that every time
As you send another generation
To commit the same damn crime
You honour us, you glorify
The example that we set
But if this is how you remember us
We wish you would forget...

Plant no poppies
Any more.
Spend the time and spend the money
To put an end to war.
Reach out boldly
To your foes
Try to tell them all the simple truth
That each one of us knows:

There is nothing
Great or fine
About throwing human lives away
To hold some battle line;
So when we heroes
All are dead,
Plant no poppies--
Plant no poppies--
Plant no poppies--
Why don’t you sow
The seeds of peace instead!

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from Return To Argenthome - The Rough Cuts, released November 29, 2018
Tune and lyrics by Zander Nyrond
Vocals and synth programming by Zander Nyrond.

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Zanda Myrande is still recovering from the trauma of being Zander Nyrond for several decades. She has only come out online at this point, for reasons which may be apparent from the picture above, but she proudly embraces her trans identity while still giving house room to Zander and the rest of the deadbeats who populate her head.

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