Minenwerfer - Alpenpässe lyrics
Tracks 01. Der Blutharsch
02. Dragging The Dead Through Mountain Passes 03. Cloaked In Silence 04. Kaiserjägerlied 05. Tiroler Edelweiss 06. Withered Tombs 01. Der Blutharsch
Cold, so cold
The mountain air, thin and spare The sun obscured By endless winter Winds rush through the valley pass As snow falls upon icy paths From pale white it fades to red With the blood of my comrades From the canyon floor To the tundrous peaks The cannons belch forth Through the many weeks Frozen, starving In fields of ice This barren trench Altar of sacrifice Holding position In oceans of white My hands go numb From the frostbite Man the machine gun Against the next wave Snowblind and shivering Send them to the grave Blood of these men Spills on the land Fruitless offensives From front-line command Perched on the watchtower I see their advance Through deep snow Without a chance Feeding the belt Round after round Another regiment Savagely gunned down The story of war Blood and revenge Just like the winter Will never end Blood And the blood covers the snow Blood And the blood covers the snow The forest, the mountains The valleys of crosses And the blood covers the snow 02. Dragging The Dead Through Mountain Passes
Bodies pile high
Mangled by machine gun fire Dying with hands clenched To spines of barbed wire Wade through warm innards A mist of sanguine fog A ditch of fresh remains Consumed by an honourable end Only mud, snow, and guts Come back in a stretcher Only identifier A burnt dog-tag Dragging the dead Through a mountain pass Blood of forgotten heroes Spills down the avalanche Collect unburied dead Counter attack, fortify positions Mined ice caverns Sulphourous dust, noxious fumes Bring forth artillery Creating the craters, exposing infantry Take the summit No retreat, heavy casualties Comrade, mutilated remains Smoke, roaring cannons Iron, shrapnel wounds Frozen, corpses in ice Blood, crystallized Poems, an epitaph Valour, unbridled courage Nation, noble sacrifice Dragging the dead through mountain passes 03. Cloaked In Silence
Alone
In Silence I hunt Holding my breath Concealed I am death Eyes of an eagle Searching for prey Through sights of iron Hidden in grey Through forests and fog The smoke and the smog A single shot From your blind spot All becomes quiet Except a cold breeze A hunter in silence Hidden among the trees Nothing but prey in my sights A tracker at night Haunting the cliffs Exploiting weaknesses Encamped in mist Saluting your officers Simplifies my job Take aim with my rifle His life I will rob A mountain of fire I take my revenge Chamber a round And look through the lens My homeland invaded By foreign empires A silent assassin Behind the barbed wire A vanguard sharpshooter With nothing to lose I collect your medals Souvenirs I choose Cloaked in silence A hunter's gaze Cloaked in silence A sniper's last days Cloaked in silence Never a sound Cloaked in silence Welcome to the hunting ground Searching for glory As blood covers the snow The peaks and prairies Of my alpine home Searching for glory I hold my breath Through meadows and hilltops The alps are your death 04. Kaiserjägerlied
Wir Jäger lassen schallen
Ein froh gewaltig Lied, Und gelten soll es allen Zerstreut in Nord und Süd. Im Osten und im Westen, Wo uns're Fahne weht: |: Wir zählen zu den Besten So lang' die Treu' besteht! Sieht man uns, so sagt a jeder Und alles lauft und rennt: Das sein die Kaiserjäger Vom ersten Regiment! Wenn wir hinaus marschieren In's weite, freie Feld, Und stramm dort exerzieren, Es jedem wohl gefällt; Da schauen uns die Madl'n Auch immer gerne zua, |: und jede möcht' im Still'n Auch so an Jägersbua. Z'nachts gibt's an feinen Drahrer, Mit seiner jeder rennt: Wir sein die Kaiserjäger Vom ersten Regiment! Wenn vor dem Feind' wir stehen Mit mutgeschwellter Brust, Muss all's in Scherben gehen, Bei unserer Kampfeslust; Es gibt bei uns kein Weichen, Wir stehen Mann für Mann, Stark wie die deutschen Eichen, Die niemand brechen kann. Fällt auch mancher nieder, Im Herz die Kugel brennt: Er stirbt als Kaiserjäger Vom ersten Regiment! 05. Tiroler Edelweiss
My home above the clouds
Upon the mountainside An unmatched beauty To behold But now the war has come And the wolf is at the door For this land of mine I protect as I swore Tiroler Edelweiss Picked from so high Our enemies will falter and retreat Tiroler Edelweiss Upon the mountainside Pinned to my cap, a symbol of their defeat Dug within the snow With my rifle in hand I wait For the call to charge The frostbitten limbs freeze In the winter's cold breeze I persist, for the flower is on my sleeve When the time has come and all fades to black I know I did All I could For our women, our children and our land I'll pass away Under these grey skies With no shame On this battlefield The edelweiss will grow where I decay 06. Withered Tombs
Within the earth
A natural crypt A confined cavern Claustrophobic passageways Sheathed in ice and snow Where flowers cannot grow No air, no light A withered tomb Light from lanterns Illuminate glacial walls The charge is set Imminent mine collapse A forlorn gasp In endless fog The tomb is sealed By frigid stone Excessive pressure Tremendous weight Buried beneath Time and dust Light of day Forever obscured Preserved remains Fossilized in ice |