10th Man Down lyrics

"Get up Soldier!"

Today I killed, he was just a boy

Eight before him, I knew them all

In the fields a dying oath:

I’d kill them all to save my own

Cut me free, bleed with me, oh no

One by one, we will fall, down down

Pull the plug, end the pain, run’n fight for life

Hold on tight, this ain’t my fight

Deliver me from this war

It’s not for me it’s because of you

Devil’s instant my eternity

Obey to kill to save yourself

Cut me free, bleed with me, oh no

One by one, we will fall, down down

Pull the plug, end the pain, run’n fight for life

Hold on tight, this ain’t my fight

“I envy the 9 lives that gave me hell

My path made up by their torn bodies

Man to man, soldier to soldier, dust to dust

Call me a coward but I can’t take it anymore”

They wait for me back home

The live with eyes turned away

They were the first ones to see

They are the last ones to bleed

“The ultimate high as all beautiful dies

A ruler’s tool, priest’s excuse, tyrant’s delight…

I alone, the great white hunter

I’ll march till the dawn brings me rest

10th patriot at the gallow’s pole!”

Cut me free, bleed with me, oh no

One by one, we will fall, down down

Pull the plug, end the pain, run’n fight for life

Hold on tight, this ain’t my fight

• Artist:Nightwish
• Album:Over the Hills and Far Away (2001)