Birkenau was a death camp complex in the concentration camp Auschwitz, during WWII in Gemany.
"Experiment victims walk by on a hill
With berries in aprons, I still see them."
In the camps, people had horrible experiements performed on them. They hid and hoarded whatever food they could, to stay alive.
"Still see black empty eyes staring, no hair, yet ahead.
There's no dignity there. They're not living not dead."
The people's hair was shaved off, and they eventually became dead inside, because of what happened to them. They had no more dignity.
"Swayback and Ripcord and parachute face
Were pulled from the water and put in a place
I've not been to, but what you'll find
Is the kommandant hoarding the vegetable rinds."
The people at concentration camps were led into showers, claiming they were going to be cleaned. But, no water came out of the showerheads. Instead, Zyklon B gas poured into the room, killing them all. Then, they were put into crematories where they were burned into ashes. Also, all of them were starving because the leader of the camp hoarded the food for himself.
"It's not like they mattered.
Who sucked out your spirit?
Listen how we shout at them.
They can't hear it. "
To the Germans, the people in concentration camps didn't matter. So, they took away their spirit, making them practically dead inside. They screamed at them, but they learned to block everything out.
"It's not fair.
And it seems impossible
That it happened at all.
That there were people who saw
The Herb Girls of Birkenau."
That part is pretty self explanatory.
"But what's fair?
Anything is possible.
But can you understand that there were
people who saw the herb girls?"
That part is also pretty self explanatory.
Birkenau was a death camp complex in the concentration camp Auschwitz, during WWII in Gemany.
"Experiment victims walk by on a hill With berries in aprons, I still see them." In the camps, people had horrible experiements performed on them. They hid and hoarded whatever food they could, to stay alive.
"Still see black empty eyes staring, no hair, yet ahead. There's no dignity there. They're not living not dead." The people's hair was shaved off, and they eventually became dead inside, because of what happened to them. They had no more dignity.
"Swayback and Ripcord and parachute face Were pulled from the water and put in a place I've not been to, but what you'll find Is the kommandant hoarding the vegetable rinds." The people at concentration camps were led into showers, claiming they were going to be cleaned. But, no water came out of the showerheads. Instead, Zyklon B gas poured into the room, killing them all. Then, they were put into crematories where they were burned into ashes. Also, all of them were starving because the leader of the camp hoarded the food for himself.
"It's not like they mattered. Who sucked out your spirit? Listen how we shout at them. They can't hear it. " To the Germans, the people in concentration camps didn't matter. So, they took away their spirit, making them practically dead inside. They screamed at them, but they learned to block everything out.
"It's not fair. And it seems impossible That it happened at all. That there were people who saw The Herb Girls of Birkenau." That part is pretty self explanatory.
"But what's fair? Anything is possible. But can you understand that there were people who saw the herb girls?" That part is also pretty self explanatory.