Distant Past - The Hell of Verdun lyrics

With severity and viciousness Enemy bombing was setting in Shells crackle to the ground Penetrate the remaining rooftops Another Explosion with enormous impact The surroundings tremble, all light extinguished Pillars of smoke, 40 meters high Rising from the ground They shoot a new caliber Five days under constant fire A dreadful quest for survival Before darkness, a short break Then through the night, furious a**ault Soon they proceed to gas-attacks And blew the chlorine against us From twelve at night to noon they send Wave after wave, only masks protecting Behind the smokescreen they align Try breaking our front, but in vain Seven days of static war, afraid to move The trenches ploughed up Barrage over our positions With outrageous fierceness Immense detonation They've dug the tunnels, now blow us up We were certain that The ground attack was to come After the cloud of dust pa**ed They stormed our way Out of the countless holes and shelters We emerged Red flare bombs rising Machine guns appearing A hail of bullets Only resistance to the a**aulting enemy The hell of Verdun, the battle of the Somme Constant renewal of forces to level out the losses Uncertain future for so many young soldiers Marching into doom to meet their maker soon The hell of Verdun, the battle of the Somme Constant renewal of forces to level out the losses Nothing is gained, only human souls are lost Generations wiped out, no proportion to the cost