Story Behind The Song
After reading "A Stranger to Myself" the memoirs of Peter Reese . A German soldier lost in battle on the Russian front in WWII. I was moved to write this.
| Song Length |
4:26 |
Genre |
Folk - Alternative |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Moving |
Subject |
War |
| Similar Artists |
Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
V1 We drifted over the burnt out fields into the arms of mother night. The mindless waves of humanity are drafted into obscurity. The endless horizon tears into the boots,to the brown clay. we gave our blood.
C So young to die for what was a lie. Ours is. to do or die. Fatherland
V2 Here we are on bended knee,crosshairs on this enemy. The uniform well I can see, women ,children eat away ay me. For the love of our god, for the love of our country ,murder becomes our freedom.
C So young to die for what was a lie. Ours is, to do or die. Fatherland
V3 We gazed upon this city of steel, the frozen mud stops the amoured wheel. Swollen bellies and parched throats ,sunken eyes from the endless snow. One last look, over our shoulders, to the west as we fall. As we Fall. Fatherland