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Artist: The MERRg Album: Introducing Originally released: 01-JAN-2008 |
They crossed over the border the hour before dawn
Moving in lines through the day
Most of our planes were destroyed on the ground where
they lay
Waiting for orders we held in the wood - word from the front
never came
By evening the sound of the gunfire was miles away
Ah, softly we move through the shadows, slip away through
the trees
Crossing their lines in the mists in the fields on our hands and
our knees
And all that I ever was able to see
The fire in the air glowing red silhouetting the smoke on the
breeze
All summer they drove us back through the Ukraine
Smolyensk and Viyasma soon fell
By autumn we stood with our backs to the town of Orel
Closer and closer to Moscow they come - riding the wind like
a bell
General Guderian stands at the crest of the hill
Winter brought with her the rains, oceans of mud filled the
roads
Gluing the tracks of their tanks to the ground while the sky
filled with snow
And all that I ever was able to see
The fire in the air glowing red silhouetting the snow on the
breeze
In the footsteps of Napoleon the shadow figures stagger
through the winter
Falling back before the gates of Moscow,
Standing in the wings like an avenger
And far away behind their lines the partisans are stirring in
the forest
Coming unexpectedly upon their outposts, growing like a
promise
You'll never know, you'll never know
Which way to turn, which way to look, you'll never see us
As we're stealing through the blackness of the night
You'll never know, you'll never hear us
And the evening sings in a voice of amber, the dawn is surely
coming
The morning road leads to Stalingrad, and the sky is softly
humming
Two broken Tigers on fire in the night flicker their souls to
the wind
We wait in the lines for the final approach to begin
It's been almost four years that I've carried a gun
At home it'll almost be spring
The flames of the Tigers are lighting the road to Berlin
Ah, quickly we move through the ruins that bow to the
ground
The old men and children they send out to face us, they
can't slow us down
And all that I ever was able to see
The eyes of the city are opening now it's the end of the
dream
I'm coming home, I'm coming home
Now you can taste it in the wind, the war is over
And I listen to the clicking of the train wheels as we roll
across the border
And now they ask me of the time
That I was caught behind their lines and taken prisoner
"They only held me for a day, a lucky break", I say;
They turn and listen closer
I'll never know, I'll never know
Why I was taken from the line and all the others
To board a special train and journey deep into the heart of
holy Russia
And it's cold and damp in the transit camp, and the air is still
and sullen
And the pale sun of October whispers the snow will soon be
coming
And I wonder when I'll be home again and the morning
answers
"Never"
And the evening sighs and the steely Russian skies go on
forever
Moving in lines through the day
Most of our planes were destroyed on the ground where
they lay
Waiting for orders we held in the wood - word from the front
never came
By evening the sound of the gunfire was miles away
Ah, softly we move through the shadows, slip away through
the trees
Crossing their lines in the mists in the fields on our hands and
our knees
And all that I ever was able to see
The fire in the air glowing red silhouetting the smoke on the
breeze
All summer they drove us back through the Ukraine
Smolyensk and Viyasma soon fell
By autumn we stood with our backs to the town of Orel
Closer and closer to Moscow they come - riding the wind like
a bell
General Guderian stands at the crest of the hill
Winter brought with her the rains, oceans of mud filled the
roads
Gluing the tracks of their tanks to the ground while the sky
filled with snow
And all that I ever was able to see
The fire in the air glowing red silhouetting the snow on the
breeze
In the footsteps of Napoleon the shadow figures stagger
through the winter
Falling back before the gates of Moscow,
Standing in the wings like an avenger
And far away behind their lines the partisans are stirring in
the forest
Coming unexpectedly upon their outposts, growing like a
promise
You'll never know, you'll never know
Which way to turn, which way to look, you'll never see us
As we're stealing through the blackness of the night
You'll never know, you'll never hear us
And the evening sings in a voice of amber, the dawn is surely
coming
The morning road leads to Stalingrad, and the sky is softly
humming
Two broken Tigers on fire in the night flicker their souls to
the wind
We wait in the lines for the final approach to begin
It's been almost four years that I've carried a gun
At home it'll almost be spring
The flames of the Tigers are lighting the road to Berlin
Ah, quickly we move through the ruins that bow to the
ground
The old men and children they send out to face us, they
can't slow us down
And all that I ever was able to see
The eyes of the city are opening now it's the end of the
dream
I'm coming home, I'm coming home
Now you can taste it in the wind, the war is over
And I listen to the clicking of the train wheels as we roll
across the border
And now they ask me of the time
That I was caught behind their lines and taken prisoner
"They only held me for a day, a lucky break", I say;
They turn and listen closer
I'll never know, I'll never know
Why I was taken from the line and all the others
To board a special train and journey deep into the heart of
holy Russia
And it's cold and damp in the transit camp, and the air is still
and sullen
And the pale sun of October whispers the snow will soon be
coming
And I wonder when I'll be home again and the morning
answers
"Never"
And the evening sighs and the steely Russian skies go on
forever
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