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1916
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1916 was released on April 14, 2023 by Nuclear Blast as a part of the album Stories From The Western Front
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Release DateApril 14, 2023
LabelNuclear Blast
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM130

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Sabaton
Sabaton
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Lemmy Kilmister
Lemmy Kilmister
Songwriter

Lyrics

16 years old
When I went to the war
To fight for a land fit for heroes
God on my side
And a gun in my hand
Chasing my days down to zero
And I marched
And I fought
And I bled
And I died
And I never did get
Any older
But I knew at the time
That a year in the line
Was a long enough life
For a soldier
We all volunteered
And we wrote down our names
And we added two years to our ages
Eager for life
And ahead of the game
Ready for history's pages
And we brawled
And we fought
And we whorled 'til we stood
Ten thousand shoulder to shoulder
A thirst for the Hun
We were food for the gun
And that's what you are
When you are soldiers
I heard my friend cry
And he sank to his knees
Coughing blood as he screamed
For his mother
And I fell by his side
And that's how we died
Clinging like kids to each other
And I lay in the mud
And the guts and the blood
And I wept as his body grew colder
And I called for my mother
And she never came
Though it wasn't my fault
And I wasn't to blame
And the day's not half over
And ten thousand slain
And now there's nobody
Remembers our names
And that's how it is for a soldier
Written by: Lemmy Kilmister
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