Pulled into war to serve a vision, that's supposed to last a thousand years
Part of a machine, unstoppable as merciless as tidal waves
Were they the victims of the time
Or proud parts of larger goals?
Propaganda of the Reich masterful machine
Time and again the battle rages on beyond the gates of misery
As casualties rise and millions die around them
Did they see it all?
Crazy madmen on a leash
Or young men who lost their way?
Grand illusions of the Reich
May seem real at times
Panzers on a line form the Wehrmacht's spine
Lethal grand design
What about the men executing orders?
Panzers on a line form the Wehrmacht's spine
Lethal grand design
What about the men executing orders?
Ad victoriam
Ex machina
Non sibi sed patriae
Ad victoriam
Ex machina
Non sibi sed patriae
Pulled into war to serve a vision that just didn't last a thousand years
Part of a machine though stoppable as merciless as tidal waves
Crazy madmen on a leash
Or young men who lost their way?
Grand illusions of the Reich
May seem real at times
Panzers on a line form the Wehrmacht's spine
Lethal grand design
What about the men executing orders?
Panzers on a line form the Wehrmacht's spine
Lethal grand design
What about the men?
Part of a machine, unstoppable as merciless as tidal waves
Or proud parts of larger goals?
Propaganda of the Reich masterful machine
As casualties rise and millions die around them
Did they see it all?
Or young men who lost their way?
Grand illusions of the Reich
May seem real at times
Lethal grand design
What about the men executing orders?
Panzers on a line form the Wehrmacht's spine
Lethal grand design
What about the men executing orders?
Ex machina
Non sibi sed patriae
Ex machina
Non sibi sed patriae
Part of a machine though stoppable as merciless as tidal waves
Or young men who lost their way?
Grand illusions of the Reich
May seem real at times
Lethal grand design
What about the men executing orders?
Panzers on a line form the Wehrmacht's spine
Lethal grand design
What about the men?
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"Were they the victims of the time Or proud parts of lager goals? Propaganda of the Reich masterful machine"
Well, both. It's not like all soldiers in the Wehrmacht were nazis. If you didn't want to join the army you couldn't just say "no". If you disobeyed orders you'd get a bullet in the head.
This song is about a soldier in the Wehrmacht starting with hitlers visions and soldiers being pulled into the Wehrmacht.
"Pulled into war to serve a vision That's supposed to last a thousand years"
He sees what happens around him during war and he comes up with questions about the purpose of this war
"As casualties rise and millions die around them Did they see it all?
"What about the men executing orders?"
I wouldn't say about a single soldier, more about the young men who fought in the Wehrmacht together. It's about how the young men of Germany were, you could say brainwashed, into doing the bidding of the Nazi's and Hitler. They were told they would be building an empire that would last a thousand years, they were stronger than anyone, they could never be defeated in battle, Germans would rise above everything and everyone because it was their duty as the master race. Eventually they start getting defeated in battle, they start to realize that it was all for naught,...
I wouldn't say about a single soldier, more about the young men who fought in the Wehrmacht together. It's about how the young men of Germany were, you could say brainwashed, into doing the bidding of the Nazi's and Hitler. They were told they would be building an empire that would last a thousand years, they were stronger than anyone, they could never be defeated in battle, Germans would rise above everything and everyone because it was their duty as the master race. Eventually they start getting defeated in battle, they start to realize that it was all for naught, and the young men who were only doing what they were told to do faced the same punishment as those who told them to do it("What about the men executing orders?").