Margraten [English translation]

The soldier only comes here on quiet days

And he sees the endless rows of names

And with every single

Name he sees a face

He feels powerless and runs away

When we stood there and you said :

"This were guys just like you,

They should be your age now,

Son, how older I get

How less I know

Why the things go ... like they do"

The president comes here only

For an election

He lays down a garland and says "we must not forget them"

It doesn't bother me

Because there are places in the world

Where a speech or a word doesn't mean much

The children come here sometimes

To play

The country rose from the ashes

Out of the madness of a worldwide fire

Heroes die for a dream

Lovers die for a woman

Poets die for a language

Soldiers just die

My father stood there and said:

"This were guys just like you,

They should be your age now,

Son, how older I get

How less I know

Why the things go ... like they do"

The women come here only

On gray days

To chase away the ghost

Of the past

They get older and remain silent

The history

Dies with the witnesses

They get older and no one listens to them anymore

And the history dies

... Along with the witnesses

• Artist:Stef Bos
• Album:De onderstroom