| In these days the fuse is burning
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| Slow decay of peacetime
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| To the south a beast of vengeance
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| Near to the east is the hungry wolf
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| I puff my pipe in the sunset and feel the warmth it provides
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| A chilling breeze like an omen of wintertime tells me we’re near the fall
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| This war of partition, like wolves at the slaughter
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| Ripping limb from limb in a frenzy
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| Flesh and bone pulled apart
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| You see the odds stacked against you, this time there’s no way out
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| Prussia’s rise to higher standing will fucking burn to a backwater state
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| No! |
| As days go by, I feel the weight of man’s design
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| A plan to win, to keep our heads above the tide
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| To take it all one day at at time
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| Let there be light
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| Let there be nothing
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| To shield the blood from heaven
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| Es werde licht
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| Es werde nichts
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| Um das Blut vom Himmel abschirmen
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| For years we’ve suffered
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| For years we’ve sacrificed our sons and brothers to defend our very being
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| Nobody hears the cries of the common man who gives his life and suffers hell to
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| come
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| Fire! |
| We will push on, through smoke and chaos swirling 'round our horses' feet
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| No! |
| This can’t be right
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| We’ll guide the fight from safety here at this climax
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| And so they’re broken, but reunited
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| Shattering all that gave them hell, we’re fleeing on the run
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| Nothing for me, I plunge my sword into the ground and make a stand
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| Even if I die, I’ll fight alone
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| You see the masses, don’t lose your mind
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| We have to flee into the fray, into the womb of everything we love
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| Despite my loyalty and everything I’ve given
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| The battle’s lost and hope is fading like a dream
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| This is not a simple tale
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| -We are heavy hearted souls
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| When one speaks to you of death
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| -Our flesh is of the earth
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| Never trust the words they say
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| -Not just paintings on the wall
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| Lest you speak unto a soldier
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| -Not just stories that you hear
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| -And we stand naked, so exposed
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| Constant fire, never safe
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| -Bullets kill the men beside me
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| Valor here means just not running
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| -All is gray, I have to run
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| Quell your fears, we have to stand
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| -Keep formation, no matter what
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| Raise your muskets, unleash hell!
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| Madness thrives in empty hearts
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| I will overcome my grief and carry on
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| And fuel the furnace of hearts
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| Prussians all together as one
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| United underneath the flag you mended
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| Russians furious and still divided
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| Elizabeth soon will die in rotten linen
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| -Struggle in a storm to catch your breath
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| -Courage never goes unrewarded
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| Seven years we’ve fought and failed to win
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| -And seven more will come to pass if you don’t learn to yield
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| Never will Austria forget its pains
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| -Never will you forget the Iron Kingdom’s wrath
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| A soldier sacrifices for the common good his health and limbs, his strength and
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| life
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| He has the right to claim some benefits for those he fought and died for
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| His pains and screams, his blood and sweat
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| There is no higher price
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| As the raven flies
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| A tear into my eye
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| Weathered the storm and wait upon the dawn
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| To puff my pipe again and have another drink
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| Duality of man will be the wraith that haunts our race |