1942 Lyrics


THE EXECUTION ENDS, ANOTHER ONE LINES UP

WE WAIT IN SILENCE ON THE MISTED HILLS

WE RAISE OUR BARRELS, AND THE STORY HERE BEGINS

THEY TOOK OUR MEN, BUT LET’S JUST SEE WHO WINS

IT WAS A NIGHT WHICH SEEMED TO LAST FOREVERMORE

WITH SPLINTERED BONES AND BLEEDINGS WE ARE APPROACHED OUR RANGE

A BULLET WITH MY NAME THEN SHOT ME TO THE GROUND

I SAW TWO FEET IN FRONT OF ME, RED CROSS ON HIS ARM

MERCENARY:

“UNLESS YOU WANT TO DIE NOW, STAND UP

RAISE YOUR HEAD, CHARGE YOUR WEAPON INTO WAR

NEVER GIVE IN TO THE ENEMY

KEEP YOUR MIND SET ON YOUR SANITY

UNLESS YOU WANT A SHALLOW GRAVE, FIND YOU STRENGTH

PICK UP YOUR BULLETS. ON YOUR FEET. BETTER RUN

WE NEVER GIVE THEM WHAT THEY WANT, NEVER WILL

BE A SOLDIER. THAT’S AN ORDER, NOW GO!”

WITH AMMO IN OUR GUNS AND GRENADE IN OUR HANDS

WE LIT THE NIGHT WITH FLAMES SO HIGH. WE FOUGHT OUR WAY

COMBINING STRATEGY WITH A HUNGER FOR THE KILL

WE MADE IT THROUGH THE BARRIERS. FIRE IN OUR WILL

PILES OF BODIES AS FAR AS THE EYE COULD SEE

A SMELL OF DEATH COMBINES WITH BURNING GASOLINE

IT IS A VISION I SHALL BEAR INTO MY GRAVE

I’D RATHER TAKE A STAB OR TWO AND HAVE THEM SAVED

WITH ALL THE HATRED IN THIS WORLD, WE SHALL AVENGE

THE TWISTED BODIES WHO CANNOT SEEK THEIR REVENGE

WE TRIED TO SAVE THEM, (BUT) NOW THE PLAN IS LAID TO WASTE

GOT TO FIND THEM, HUNT THEM DOWN

WE CAUGHT THEM ONE BY ONE. NO MERCY COULD PROTECT

THE AIM WAS KILL AND KILL AGAIN TILL NOTHING LEFT

FOR EVERY DROP OF BLOOD THAT FELL UNTO THE EARTH

SHALL JUSTIFY OUR HISTORY FROM HERE INTO ETERNITY

STILL TO THIS DAY I CAN STILL HEAR THEM SCREAM

EVERY NIGHT THEY COME TO ME TO SET THEM FREE

THE STENCH OF BURNING FLESH IN EVERY BREATH I TAKE

HOW I WISH I COULD GO BACK AGAIN…

PILES OF BODIES AS FAR AS THE EYE COULD SEE

A SMELL OF DEATH COMBINES WITH BURNING GASOLINE

IT IS A VISION I SHALL BEAR INTO MY GRAVE

I’D RATHER TAKE A STAB OR TWO AND HAVE THEM SAVED

WITH ALL THE HATRED IN THIS WORLD, WE SHALL AVENGE

THE TWISTED BODIES WHO CANNOT SEEK THEIR REVENGE

WE TRIED TO SAVE THEM, (BUT) NOW THE PLAN IS LAID TO WASTE

AT LEAST WE GAVE THEM HELL AND LIVED TO TELL