Landkrieg
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Kniet vor dem Kaiser und dankt alle Gott! A Protestant uproar Against imperial demeans May 23rd 1618 Through a window in Prague From the second floor A continent be thrown Into three decades of war A fall into catastrophe Through an uprising spark A Protestant apostasy From a Catholic monarch Europe chooses sides For the Union or the League A sum of all the crises guides A continent to Landkrieg “A heretic reformation must not be“ An emperor commands “I would rather rule a desert Than protestantic lands“ No appeasemеnt, no concession Whose Dominion, whose confеssion From the castle walls in Prague A message echoes Their heads on a pike Of the nobles who oppose Landkrieg
Submitted by Warbringer — Jul 03, 2026
A war that could have ended Proceeds to another war From the heartlands of the realm To the northern shore Christian‘s on the rise A Union sings along Fremad Danmark! Til jeret Undergang! A Danish king’s engaging The leaders of the League A war is raging In Lower Saxony Wird ein Soldat geboren Sind ihm drei Bauern auserkoren Der Erste, der ihn wohl ernährt Der Zweite, ihm ein Weib beschеrt Der Dritte, der für ihn zur Höllе fährt Christian‘s on the rise A Union drowns along Fremad Danmark! Til jeret Undergang! Cannot the conflict end now? With a Protestant defeat A Catholic victory And the Danish king’s retreat With a realm in ruins In debts, in misery? Yet this game became A winning industry Thus, conflict must proceed And proceed
Submitted by Warbringer — Jul 03, 2026
Skinny men Shabbily clad In colourful rags And a feathered hat Soldiers in God’s name As long the Lord pays well With riches and acclaim For their sword and soul they sell Savage men With musket and pike Landsknecht of the Holy Reich Venturers of war German, Irish, Greek Sutlers of the suffering Heralds of Landkrieg Vorwärts, vorwärts, ins Gefecht Im Geviert marschiert der Landsknecht Vorwärts, vorwärts Der Landsknecht Formations are moving Drums bang, banners rise And cannon fire flies Vorwärts! Into enemy lines Carnage, slaughter, homicide Where skinny men collide Vorwärts, vorwärts, ins Gefecht Der Landsknecht Im Geviert marschiert Der Landsknecht
Submitted by Warbringer — Jul 03, 2026
1583 The stars shone down on thee You may rise and shine Wallenstein A common noble‘s son A catholicized A general to be A meteoric rise A favourite of the emperor A shooting star And mastermind of war A catastrophe Shaped by your name You are the spark You are the flame The world is burning And you’re to blame The world is burning And you’re to blame When Jupiter aligns with Mars May war feed your Further wars With the planets and all stars In favourably line Wallenstein Alles steht in Flammen Die Welt doch nunmehr ganz verheert Wo das Reich stand einst beisammen Und heut‘ der Krieg dein‘ Krieg ernährt A fundraiser of war Invita Invidia Stargazer you are Invita Invidia Thy planets keep on shifting In 1634 A legendary general dies On command of his emperor
Submitted by Warbringer — Jul 03, 2026
A sun rises in the North Across the Baltic Shores And so a Swedish King henceforth Leads the further wars On God’s command he came Gustav the Second Adolf by his name To turn the tide In favour of the Protestantic side To free their lands From catholic plague A coup de main For God’s good sake For God’s good sake Sacred and divine A lion moves the sun To its zenith shine Upon a world undone A sun settles in the south Behind a wrecked land A lion died and leaves the world A pillagеd continent Sacred and divine A lion movеs the sun To its zenith shine Upon a world undone In the name of the spirit The father, the son A light on the horizon A firmament aflame A blaze from burning cities From the darkest night He came
Submitted by Warbringer — Jul 03, 2026
1631 The Catholics proceed Down the Elbe river To put a fortress under siege City of Magdeburg Dared to withstand A soon burning morgue Of sassy Protestants Magdeburg A burning morgue Burn! Burn! May their city burn! They burn! They burn! May their city burn! Burn! Burn! Burn! May their city, may its people burn! Burn! A christening with fire Under constant cannonry A sieged surrounded sacrifice To mercenaries On the 20th of May The storm began And as the city fell that day Victory got out of hand Victory got out of hand Set fire to every building! Loot everything thеre is! Rape all women and childrеn! One man’s sorrow is another man’s bliss! One man’s sorrow is another man’s… Is another man‘s bliss! One man’s sorrow is another man’s bliss! Burn! Burn! May their city burn! They burn! They burn! May their city burn! Burn! May their city burn! May their city burn! Burn! Burn, burn, burn, burn, burn! They burn!
Submitted by Warbringer — Jul 03, 2026
With a wood between its teeth It cannot shut the jaw The victim is pinned down With a funnel down the maw You take water mixed with urine And human excrement Add filth and liquid manure And fill it up with sand With its mouth wide opened up And hands firmly cord Down the victim’s throat The beverage is poured You take water mixed with urine And human excrement Add filth and liquid manure And fill it up with sand Watch the victim suffer Leave it ferment for a while Then continuous start hitting The belly with a pile This procedure‘s not Ever been survived Let the victim rot, festering Festering while it’s still alive You take water mixed with urine And human excrement Add filth and liquid manure And fill it up with sand You can refine the drink According the own taste By adding up more piss Or faeces or more waste
Submitted by Warbringer — Jul 03, 2026
Europe burns! Europe has been pillaged The grand generals are dead The empire in ruins In every city, in every village The rats are fairly fed Europe burns Europe burns Hell’s choirs chant From the coming Weltenbrand Europe burns Hell’s choirs chant From the coming Weltenbrand This conflict now has raged For almost eighteen years An empire yearns for peace But another war’s now waged As France interfеres For another thirteen years Europе burns Europe burns Hell’s choirs chant From the coming Weltenbrand Europe burns Hell’s choirs chant From the coming Weltenbrand For another thirteen years Europe will be doomed The fires of war keep burning Until everything’s consumed
Submitted by Warbringer — Jul 03, 2026
Thus came the ruin Upon God’s good earth And with it the hunger The plague and the dearth Just further war feeds war Devours all And then takes more, and more And more, and more, and more … This war feeds on the land This war shalt always extend This war got long out of hand This war must never end And thus came the ruin Upon God’s good earth Thus came the hunger The plague and the dearth A suffering population With nothing to eat Starving, hunger-blind Through months of starvation They begin to feast On their own kind On their own kind In midst thе ruins In the face of dismay The pеople bow And start to pray The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want He maketh me down to lie In pastures green; He leadeth me The quiet waters by Goodness and mercy all my life Shall surely follow me And in God’s damned house forever My dwelling place shall be
Submitted by Warbringer — Jul 03, 2026