To die, I sigh. Why must I?
To serve one Reich. To stick a pike
into the heart, that will impart
only sorrow. On the morrow
I will wake to find a stake,
sunk in the ground where that heart is now bound.
To die, I sigh. There is a reason why.
One Fuehrer's request that I do my best
to strike down the Jew that I pursue.
I am tired of feeling so uninspired,
by the speech that Hitler feels he must preach.
Why do my brothers leave to kill another's
with joy in their eyes after hearing his lies.
Am I the only one who doesn't want to hold the gun
that kills a child so he can be piled
on top of the rest with a hole in his chest?
Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Fuehrer!
What is this? This sweet abyss?
I feel desire that will not tire
to fulfill the dream that this regime
wants me to complete making mincemeat
out of those who conspire to call him a liar.
Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Fuehrer!
I leave to die, with no goodbye.
You understand, it's his command.