Lyrics:

What you are listening to are musicians
Performing psychedelic music under the influence
Of a mind-altering chemical called

I'm sending you a letter
Because I don't think there's much time
Time to clear the cobwebs
Time to bear the crime
It's only a number
It's only a death
Another soldier died in action
The telegram regrets
It's only a number
It's only a death
Another soldier died in action
The telegram regrets
I'm lying on a stretcher
They're lying to my face
There's no one left to help me
I'm just a waste of space
It's only a number
It's only a death
Another soldier died in action
The telegram regrets
It's only a number
It's only a death
Another soldier died in action
The telegram regrets

It's a matter of moments
I'll be dead before you've read
There's blood on the table
And my back is full of lead
It's only a number
It's only a death
Another soldier died in action
The telegram regrets
It's only a number
It's only a death
Another soldier died in action
The telegram regrets
It's only a number
It's only a death
Another soldier died in action
The telegram regrets
It's only a number
It's only a death
Another soldier died in action
The telegram regrets

I feel no pain
'Cos I'm an island
I will remain
In the deafness of your silence
I love you sometimes
Always never
He said you're here
Here with me now
I feel no gain
When you're around me
I'll try again
In the darkness you astound me
I love you sometimes
Always never
He said you're here
Here with me now

I love you sometimes
Always never
He said you're here
Here with me now

It's growing cold
I'm growing old
Is this the only way to see the fire?
It's raining