The song is about someone who has been reminded of the 1915-1916 trench wars at Gallipoli. Herbs were used to counter the smell of death. This person has smelled a scent of Thyme and has been reminded (by cruel nature's scent) of that terrible time. Why PJ says that it has been 80 years I don't know. Perhaps the person is visiting Battleship Hill in 1995 or 1996 (or standing in their Australian kitchen in 1995 or 1996)or PJ wrote the song in 1995 or 1996 and has only just found a place for it on her concept album.
I was wrong about herbs being used to mask the smell of the dead. I read a newspaper headline and made an assumption. I think that the wild herb that grow in Gallipoli were growing before the trench war. Then of course they grew back during peace time. And yhis person remembers the scent from before the fighting.
I was wrong about herbs being used to mask the smell of the dead. I read a newspaper headline and made an assumption. I think that the wild herb that grow in Gallipoli were growing before the trench war. Then of course they grew back during peace time. And yhis person remembers the scent from before the fighting.
The song is about someone who has been reminded of the 1915-1916 trench wars at Gallipoli. Herbs were used to counter the smell of death. This person has smelled a scent of Thyme and has been reminded (by cruel nature's scent) of that terrible time. Why PJ says that it has been 80 years I don't know. Perhaps the person is visiting Battleship Hill in 1995 or 1996 (or standing in their Australian kitchen in 1995 or 1996)or PJ wrote the song in 1995 or 1996 and has only just found a place for it on her concept album.
I was wrong about herbs being used to mask the smell of the dead. I read a newspaper headline and made an assumption. I think that the wild herb that grow in Gallipoli were growing before the trench war. Then of course they grew back during peace time. And yhis person remembers the scent from before the fighting.
I was wrong about herbs being used to mask the smell of the dead. I read a newspaper headline and made an assumption. I think that the wild herb that grow in Gallipoli were growing before the trench war. Then of course they grew back during peace time. And yhis person remembers the scent from before the fighting.