Father Lyrics
Sabaton
Lyrics
A long ago in eastern Prussia
Young men with great ambitions rise
So who can tell me who can say for sure
Which one will win the Nobel Prize?
It was a golden age for science
The kaiserreich would hold the key
And as the conflict came and tensions rose
The manifest of the 93
Haber-Bosch, the great alliance
Where's the contradiction?
Fed the world by ways of science
Sinner or a saint?
Father of toxic gas, and chemical warfare
His dark creation has been revealed
Flow over no man's land, a poisonous nightmare
A deadly mist on the battlefield
"Perversions of ideals of science"
Lost words of alienated wife
And in the trenches of the western front
Unknowing soldiers pay the price
And on the battlefield they're dying
And on the fields the crops are grown
So who can tell us what is right or wrong
Maths or morality alone?
Haber-Bosch, the great alliance
Where's the contradiction?
Fed the world by ways of science
Sinner or a saint?
Father of toxic gas, and chemical warfare
His dark creation has been revealed
Flow over no man's land, a poisonous nightmare
A deadly mist on the battlefield
Father of toxic gas, and chemical warfare
His dark creation has been revealed
Flow over no man's land, a poisonous nightmare
A deadly mist on the battlefield
During times when there's peace he belonged to the world
During times when there's war he belonged to his place of birth
Where, will this lead? What's coming next?
From your inventions?
We wonder where, where does it end?
Who can foresee, see what will be?
Haber-Bosch, the great alliance
Where's the contradiction?
Fed the world by ways of science
Sinner or a saint?
Father of toxic gas, and chemical warfare
His dark creation has been revealed
Flow over no man's land, a poisonous nightmare
A deadly mist on the battlefield
Father of toxic gas, and chemical warfare
His dark creation has been revealed
Flow over no man's land, a poisonous nightmare
A deadly mist on the battlefield
Song & Lyrics Facts
Sabaton's "Father" is a song from their 2019 album The Great War. Written by Sabaton members Joakim Brodén and Pär Sundström, the track tells an emotional story of a father leaving his family to fight in World War I.
Released on July 19th, 2019, the lyrics reflect on the pain of separation and the courage required to make such a sacrifice. The band uses powerful imagery to convey this message, with lines like “A child’s grief will never heal/ He said goodbye, she could not feel”. With its stirring chorus, “Father, farewell, may your name forever live on”, "Father" pays tribute to all those who have made the ultimate sacrifice for their country.