Voices from the War

[Verse 1] Where do all the dead men go from the battlefields? Where are their exploded bones, their useless swords and shields? In the Hall of Ancient gods, are they now at peace? Or are they fighting evermore to earn their last release? [Pre-Chorus] Midgard, Heaven, Kingdom Come Are they all the same? Fallen heroes, warriors The valiant, the slain Did they believe or did they die in vain? [Chorus] Immortal dead, brothers and sons When all is said and all is done Running for your life, dying for the cause Pawns in the game, voices from the war [Verse 2] The men they march away to fight, their fate is never clean They never all come home again to tell of what they've seen In the battles bloody fury is the verdict just? Executioner, judge and jury, forgotten in the dust [Pre-Chorus] Valhalla, Happy hunting ground Are they all the same? Fallen heroes, warriors the valiant the slain Did they believe or did they die ashamed [Chorus] Immortal dead, brothers and sons All is said, all is done Fighting to the death, what did they do it for? Soldiers of the cross, voices from the war [Break] And so you unearth a sense of futility in your miserable life And after all, why are you surprised? You know nothing nor care to know anything And so the world is going to fuck you Dead heroes who fell in countless wars Who gave their tomorrows for your today mean nothing to you And I am certain that they are truly sorry for their sacrifice So if you feel that the world is treating you badly, just remember They're probably coming back from the dead to haunt you For the rest of your putrid, fucking life, ha ha ha ha ha! [Verse 3] The battlefields are silent now, the graves all look the same The crosses without number and so many without names In the battles misery drowned in blood and fear A hundred, hundred, thousand for a hundred thousand years [Pre-Chorus] Are they in a better place? Or do they lie unclaimed? The heroes, the deserters, the cowardly, the shamed Did they know or did they die insane? [Chorus] Mourn for the lost, Stolen from their lives Gone before their time, no chance to say goodbye Fighting to the death, how could they be so sure? Voices from the grave, voices from the war Voices from the war Voices from the war