Ash Over Berlin

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Germany held its breath Under a crushed gray sky Bootsteps on the pavement And doors that wouldn’t stay shut Paper turned to ashes Names got peeled from walls Mothers hushed their children While fear filled every hall [Pre-Chorus] The radio kept lying The crowds kept falling in A whole land made to kneel By a man with rot for skin [Chorus] Ash over Berlin Ash over Berlin You can’t call it glory When it swallows every soul Ash over Berlin Ash over Berlin One hand on the ruin And the other on the lie [Verse 2] Neighbors learned to vanish A knock became a blade Train cars full of silence Rolling through the day Flags climbed every corner Truth got dragged below And anyone who spoke up Was told to keep it low [Pre-Chorus] But under all that shouting A harder truth remained The darkest kind of power Always ends the same [Chorus] Ash over Berlin Ash over Berlin You can’t call it glory When it swallows every soul Ash over Berlin Ash over Berlin One hand on the ruin And the other on the lie [Bridge] Hear the history cracking Hear the graves reply No crown lasts forever When it’s built on fire and spite [Final Chorus] Ash over Berlin Ash over Berlin The world remembers clearly What the wreckage really means Ash over Berlin Ash over Berlin Never praise the wolf Just because it had a name