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...
(later) 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...
There aren't any rhyming lyrics in the whole song, apart from 1 in the chorus.
Submitted by: Katy
Panzers on a line
Form the Wehrmacht's spine.
Lethal grand design,
What about the men executing orders?
The last line of the chorus doesn't rhyme. The ending chorus leaves off the words, "executing orders."
Submitted by: Katy
On a cold winter day,
After many months on the battlefield.
"Day" and "battlefield" don't rhyme.
Submitted by: Katy
Home,
Siblings sent to their death,
His wife paid the ultimate price.
Still,
As the war rages on,
You are our guide.
"Price" and "guide" don't actually rhyme.
Submitted by: Katy
Papers in the roadside tell of suffering and greed,
Fear today, forgot tomorrow.
Here beside the news of holy war and holy need,
Ours is just a little sorrowed talk.
It would've rhymed if he'd ended with just the word "sorrow", instead of "sorrowed talk".
Submitted by: Katy
Came in from a rainy Thursday on the avenue,
Thought I heard you talking softly.
I turned on the lights, the TV and the radio,
Still, I can't escape the ghost of you.
This doesn't rhyme at all.
Submitted by: Katy
Just like their ancestors ages ago
Fought in the face of defeat,
Those 300 men left a pride to uphold:
Freedom or Death in effect.
The bridge doesn't rhyme at all.
Submitted by: Katy
At dawn, envoy arrives,
Morning of October 28th...
(later) Look north, ready to fight,
Enemies charge from the hills...
(later) Air-raid, pounding the land,
Bombers are flying both day and night...
(later) Strike hard, the tables have turned,
Drive them back over the hills...
All the verses have 2 non-rhyming lines at the start, but the other 2 sets of lines all rhyme.
Submitted by: Katy
Then, now again,
Blood of heroes saving their land.
"Again" and "land" don't rhyme. Pre-Chorus 2 rhymed, surprisingly.
Submitted by: Katy
Time after time, force their enemies back to the line.
By this website's way of doing things, "time" and "line" wouldn't rhyme.
Submitted by: Katy
