Warbreed - Aliy Sneg lyrics

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This is the tale of the dormant Finland, <br />

About it's people and it's luck of the draw, <br />

This is the tale of the conquering Russia, <br />

And it's victorious dead that never returned.<br />

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The Reds began their crushing crusade, <br />

Towards the land where Väinämöinen once lived, <br />

The land of snowy plains and endless nights, <br />

Of a thousand lakes and seven hundred years of enslavement... <br />

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Slumber, chains and bloodstained<br />

Swords, steels that clashed in the deafening silence.<br />

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The burning rain fell down on the resistance, <br />

How to endure the weight of the world?<br />

This was another kind of war in two fronts, <br />

There's the human foe and the ruthless cold.<br />

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And so this land took the form of a big pool, <br />

Where pride got steeped as many lives were lost, <br />

Who were the heroes? Who were the bad guys?<br />

Where was now the place they used to call home?<br />

<br />

[Viktoriya Nikolaevna Shestakova]<br />

Our fathers left their homes to reclaim their honour and to fight for the mothers of mothers... <br />

<br />

[Markku Hamalainen]<br />

... They sent strangers into our Karelia, and our beloved soil was desecrated.<br />

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Total silence... tearful, mournful<br />

Stillness, not even a sound in the blood-red battlefield.<br />

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Over this snow, <br />

Snow that once was white, <br />

Lie the heroes, <br />

The heroes from both sides.<br />

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The red covers all, <br />

All we have ever known, <br />

Such a grim sight, <br />

A sight so hard to describe, <br />

Blood-red snow.<br />

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And so this tragic tale came to an end, <br />

When peace was signed once blood had been spilt, <br />

Who did survive? Who did win... <br />

If both of their banners were red in the end?<br />

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The Finns gave up their sacrosanct land, <br />

The Russians got what they had yearned for so long, <br />

But in the end, what did they all get for themselves?<br />

Nothing but a handful of snow.<br />

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Bloodstained, cold and fragile<br />

Snow, the very same snow that covered their bones.<br />

<br />

Over this snow, <br />

Snow that once was white, <br />

Lie the heroes, <br />

The heroes from both sides.<br />

<br />

The red covers all, <br />

All we have ever known, <br />

Such a grim sight, <br />

A sight so hard to describe, <br />

Blood-red snow.