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Eisenzeit

by Scalpture

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The Storm... 02:14
In Reih und Glied! Vorwärts! Europe in Euphoria The birth of a storm Off now! Off to war! Europe in Uniform In East Prussia and Liège Lemberg and Lorrain All sides reporting Territory gains The mass mobilizations A food for the storm For mass extermination Europe in uniform Europe in uniform North-, South - East- and Westwards The millions start to march In closed formation forwards The million soldiers charge The Germans stopped at the Marne and forced back to the Aisne An end to any progress but not to the campaign So the millions now entrench themeselves The Hun stands at the gate And while they wrestle for a breakthrough The storm ebbs into stalemate
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Summer turns to Autumn, the rain begins to pour And slowly all sides realise, that this war won't be short Bring more ammunition, more supplies, more men and against better knowledge, let them storm again! Wave after wave onto open fields The men are forced out their trench On thousand miles ten thousands die Death knows no Russians, no Germans or French On barren fields, through no man's land, Just a rifle in their hand And instead of enemies They're challenging artilleries A stalemate and no crucial plan, how this war could be won. And when the war should have been stopped, it had just begun. Bring more ammunition, more supplies, more men And against a better knowledge, let them storm again! Tout le monde marche Pour la Grande Guerre Vorwärts! On barren fields, in no man's land Still a million soldiers stand To challenge the artillery "Gott mit uns!"... for victory
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Die Eiserne Jugend im Gleichschritt marschiert Adventurous boys who had volunteered Die Eiserne Jugend sie singen im Takt To war! As a patriot's act They shall fall in Flanders Fields These iron men of Germany A waste of young And unlived lives Only becomes a sacrifice If no one survives Die Eiserne Jugend ins Feuer sie rennt Half-baked, proud and unbent Die Eiserne Jugend in Flandern sie fällt A sacrifice, so unexcelled They did fall in Flanders fields These iron men of Germany Enticed boys Singing larks A generation “Fallen at Langemarck” So sweet it is To be a man So fitting it is To die for the fatherland So vorwärts, ihr feldgrauen Herden! Denn Ehre ist's... fürs Vaterland zu sterben!
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An overture resounds Played by a thousand guns In continuing rounds La mort á distance A repetitive symphony A concert from the rear Sung by the artillery Played by cannoneers And fire flies through empty skies Iron songs for iron days Canon of the cannonry Hinterlandsymphonie Iron songs of iron days Canon of the cannonry Iron voices, iron lays Art of the artillery Hinterlandsymphonie Conductor of the war A requiem of steel Played by an iron orchestra Thunderous melodies
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Eisenzeit 04:54
Time is cast in iron There's no turning back Every offensive follows a counter attack Mass extermination The price for a mile And yet the cause Still seems worthwhile An endless struggle And no side prevails And everything dies In the iron hail Life lies down or it dies upright When iron skies collide Eisenzeit Time is cast in iron A continent at war The divisions fading From the Vosges to the shore An endless struggle And no side prevails And everything dies In the iron hail Life lies down or it dies upright When iron skies collide Not for honour Not for pride But the comrade To our side And for those Who came and died We'll take their cause And fight their fight Into extinction, side by side The iron tide drowns iron pride So life lies down or it dies upright When iron skies collide Eisenzeit
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And thus it begins Year 1916 Full scale offensives The world had never seen Despite the heavy fire Despite of all concern Despite the lack of progress Hundred thousands burn Advance for advance Hell is a field... Hell is a field in France Between the rotting comrades which The living knew so well They prepare the next attempt To storm the gates of hell Never ending fire Ils n'ont pas passé Even Lucifer's ashamed and Turns himself away Advance for advance Hell is a field... The hell is a field in France Soiled bodies burnt, Molten, merged with the earth Branded into no man's land A place like hell but worse Send the next wave in Soiled bodies burnt, Molten, merged with the earth, Branded into no man's land A place like hell but worse
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Yperite 04:35
Focus' back on Flanders Ypres to be precise Another toxin's introduced By the German side All the noises die in fear Cannons fade in the rear The yellow cloud is crawling near And the front line disappears Chemical perversion Saves lives on the own side Open the cylinder Release Yperite A gas you cannot fight From gas you cannot hide "Hello" from the other side "You are killed by... Yperite!" GAS!(4x) Terror in the trenches To die a wretched death Before you meet your maker take A deep and painful breath Terror in the trenches An unequal fight On the one side breathing men And on the other ...Y-pe-rite
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Another actor Enters the scene At the Westfront-Theatre In 1917 Young men mobilised Brave but unexercised A decisive power A rising star The US-Infantry has Entered the war Young men make your stand Go abroad for Uncle Sam Patriots and Cowboys Supply the allied side With capital and men Daredevils came to fight By the dawn’s early light O, say can you see The Yanks are coming From the land of the free Withstand German offensives Refill the allied lines Tipping the scale Does the star spangled banner yet shine For a few miles more Doughboys laid to rest In the ecstasy of war Once upon a front in the west
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1918 The war rages on Allied supremacy And a foundering Hun What has it all been worth See the men still fight And while they negotiate for peace See the men still die So victory and life got lost In this endless expanse And even those who returned Stayed in France The Great War is over A deafening silence descends A soundless dismay takes over As the stillness still distends The soldiers outworn, outnumbered, outgunned A generation war-torn The man of all sides stunned Now it's all quiet on the Western Front

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released February 21, 2020

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