Warbreed - Rotterdam In Flames lyrics

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Look, high in the sky<br />

The vultures are back<br />

And at full speed they ride the heavens<br />

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God, they're losing their minds<br />

Why do they attack?<br />

The unspeakable shadows came as a surprise<br />

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They came by the hundred<br />

They arrived without warning<br />

The bringers of storm, predators of warfare<br />

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There soon will be bloodshed<br />

The streets will be blood red<br />

The Luftwaffe is ready to strike with full power<br />

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'I can still remember the warning siren... <br />

There was much light, yet we stood in utter darkness'<br />

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Look, it started to rain<br />

Big bombs like droplets<br />

But this puddle won't be precisely of water<br />

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Debris all around<br />

Ashes and dust<br />

A domino city just waiting to fall<br />

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Fall like Rome or Constantinople<br />

Fall like the Tower or outrageous Sodom<br />

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Mother of Sorrow<br />

Come ease their pain<br />

For your children will see no tomorrow<br />

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[Pre-chorus:]<br />

Death from beyond<br />

Death from above<br />

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[Chorus:]<br />

Rotterdam, Rotterdam in flames<br />

Rotterdam, hell's breath on Earth<br />

Rotterdam, Rotterdam in flames<br />

Rotterdam, nothing will be the same.<br />

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In the middle of May, 1940<br />

When no one saw it coming<br />

Carpet bombing shattered Rotterdam<br />

An unfair game won by stalemate<br />

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The Stukas wiped out almost every trace<br />

Of a great city so rich in history<br />

Of the many souls that died there<br />

Of the heart that lost it's essence<br />

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"Een Stad zonder hart..."<br />

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[Repeat pre-chorus]<br />

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[Chorus 2:]<br />

Rotterdam, Rotterdam in flames<br />

Rotterdam, hell's breath on Earth<br />

Rotterdam, Rotterdam in flames<br />

Rotterdam, gone all the same<br />

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[Repeat chorus] 1<br />

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Again.