The gunfire has receded
From intense to sporadic,
A sign of rebel withdrawal
A sign of rebel withdrawal
From the city streets and alleyways
Back to their lairs and hideouts
In the jungles and the forests
Of tropical Malaysia
Until the next round of festivities
Until the next round of festivities
When the next Emperor God
Takes his rightful place
In the sky
And everyone rejoices
With shell bursts way up high
With shell bursts way up high
From howitzers and mortars
And an RPG or two
And sometimes multiple blasts
From an MLRS too.
And sometimes multiple blasts
From an MLRS too.
