I'd pull my weight if it made any difference
He gave his life for the nine million others
But on his grave's written ”Here lies Joseph”
His country's gun and innocent soldier
Well fight your way out of this one
Fight your way out of this one
Fight your way out of this one
Fight your way out of this one
He grew a blood red vision for all their good intentions
He made an easy million from a foreign investment
He danced with the devils in beautiful buildings
Affirmative action for a useful reunion
He'd change his name if it made any difference
Now he's waiting in line for the lasting confession
But on his grave's written "Here lies our son Joseph"
His country's gun and innocent soldier
Well fight your way out of this one (ah ah)
Fight your way out of this one (ah ah)
Fight your way out of this one (ah ah)
Fight your way out of this one (ah ah)
Fight your way out of this one (ah ah)
Fight your way out of this one (ah ah)
Fight your way out of this one (ah ah)
Fight your way out of this one (ah ah)
He gave his life for the nine million others
But on his grave's written ”Here lies Joseph”
His country's gun and innocent soldier
Well fight your way out of this one
Fight your way out of this one
Fight your way out of this one
Fight your way out of this one
He grew a blood red vision for all their good intentions
He made an easy million from a foreign investment
He danced with the devils in beautiful buildings
Affirmative action for a useful reunion
He'd change his name if it made any difference
Now he's waiting in line for the lasting confession
But on his grave's written "Here lies our son Joseph"
His country's gun and innocent soldier
Well fight your way out of this one (ah ah)
Fight your way out of this one (ah ah)
Fight your way out of this one (ah ah)
Fight your way out of this one (ah ah)
Fight your way out of this one (ah ah)
Fight your way out of this one (ah ah)
Fight your way out of this one (ah ah)
Fight your way out of this one (ah ah)
Lyrics submitted by zeppelingirl001, edited by Uranium
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Of course, songs often have multiple meanings and broad themes. Ambiguity is often a literary goal. The front man for The Veils has a tattoo "Res Ipsa Loquitor" (Latin for, "The thing speaks for itself").
The idea of "innocent soldier" is an oxymoron that evokes the maxim that history is written by the victors. The line about waiting in line for the "lasting confession" could mean Joseph is damned to hell but the public message on his grave is that he's innocent. There have been efforts to restore Stalin's "honor" in Russia, as the "Generalissimo" who defeated Hitler.
The song reminds me of Mr. Kurtz in Joseph Conrad's story of the Belgian Congo (estimated one million dead) as the basis for Heart of Darkness, where mercenary crimes by Europeans are glossed over. But the reference to nine million is likely the red army casualties in WWII.
Born Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili, Stalin joins the Bolsheviks in 1903 and becomes a specialist in organising robberies and extortion rackets to help fund the revolutionaries. 1913 he changed his name to Stalin which translates to "man of steel".
He once said "one death is a tragedy, a million is a statisic." He sent millions and millions of his own people to death during WWII. Despite this, is he was hero worshiped up until his death. They had to start de-stalinisation when he died to de-brainwash people.
"By 1790 rebellions had broken out in protest against Joseph's reforms in Belgium and Hungary which had a population of about 9 million people, and his other dominions were restive under the burdens of his war with Turkey. His empire was threatened with dissolution, and he was forced to sacrifice some of his reform projects. His health shattered by disease, alone, and unpopular in all his lands, the bitter emperor died 20 February 1790. He was not yet forty-nine. Joseph II rode roughshod over age-old aristocratic privileges, liberties, and prejudices, thereby creating for himself many enemies, and they triumphed in the end. Joseph's attempt to reform the Hungarian lands illustrates the weakness of absolutism in the face of well-defended feudal liberties"
At last, Joseph, worn out and broken-hearted, recognized that his servants could not, or would not, carry out his plans. On 30 January 1790, he formally withdrew almost all his reforms in Hungary, and he died on 20 February 1790. He asked that his epitaph read: "Here lies Joseph II, who failed in all he undertook."
Its all in wikipedia. It will answer your question about the parts of the song
"He grew a blood red vision for all their good intentions
He made an easy million from a foreign investment
He danced with the devils in beautiful buildings
Affirmative action for a useful reunion"
That has something to do with the House of Lorraine.
the Mr. Brooks put in of this song was amazing
i love this song with all my heart