July Lyrics

An heir to a throne

And his wife lay dead

Assassinated for unity

Is what they said

Unacceptable and now

Someone must pay

The Serbians knew about the plot

So there's no way

We'll let them get away with it

Now heads will be rolled

Mobilize the troops

Mobilize this is war

Blood was shed

At this point there will be more

Russia however

Looms large there a threat

Hesitation from Austria-hungary

They must wait

Until they guarantee

Some support from Germany

Germany says attack quick

While we have some sympathy

Meanwhile the Russians

Will support the Serbians

Start mobilizing war

War is on the Horizon

And at this point

Is it surprising

Austria-Hungary

Will draft up an ultimatum

Present it to the Serbs

Without much consideration

On how they will respond

How others will follow

Russia makes it clear

Serbian support isn't hollow

Germany will play dumb

Looking like they didn't know

Austria-Hungary's intention

To escalate no

All throughout the month of July

Tensions grow

It's now a crisis

What will the world have in store

France aligns with Russia

In anticipation

Of the worst happening

Now make that one more nation

Swept up in the drama

That is now unfolding

Britain looks to mediate

Seeing how this is going

But Germany wants Britain

To remain neutral

Britain makes no such promise

It's never that simple

The Serbs are presented the

Ultimatum staunch

They're not given much time

However for response

The Serbians sit and mull over everything

They are seeking revenge

Persecution of the ones involved

And a dampening of their rhetoric

They want their own police to investigate our streets

Dealing their swift justice

They turn to Russia and say they can't agree

Without giving up their substance

As a nation but with that in mind

It seems they capitulate

And Wilhelm of Germany has second thoughts

About war that would just devastate

But it seems in Austria they are dead set

On war they will never ponder

And one can only wonder why their headed there

One can only wonder

Its war on the horizon

In the summer these July nights

Its war Austria-Hungary wants

And every countries drawing their lines

Mobilization full or partial

Military plan thought and drafted

France prepares Russia prepares

The British try to mediate disaster

It's a crisis in July

It's a crisis written in the sky

It was etched on the two bullets that assassinated

The Archduke and his lovely wife

July 27th final preparations made

On the Austrian side

The Serbians also ready to engage

Ready for the coming fight

July 28th 11am

They declare war it was Austria

They declare war other nations will follow

They declared war on Serbia

Then at 1am on the next morning

The first shots of the war fired

Bombadring Belgrade now there's no turning back

But this what they desired

Germany turns to the British to ensure

They will stay in neutrality

But they also made it clear they plan to violate

Belgium and there neutrality

This made it clear to the British

They must ally with Russia and France

As the plot thickens the Austrians are urged

To halt their aggression their advance

But its war on the horizon

In the summer these July nights

It's war Russia start to mobilize and Germany

Responds in kind taking tensions to its heights

Germany decides to mobilize and push towards

Belgium and France

Preliminary but their denied assurances

Safe passage so they will now take a stance

It's a crisis in July

It's a crisis written in the sky

It was etched on the diplomatic correspondences

Between each empire in the fight

Germany declares war on Russia, Belgium, France

Violating Belgium neutrality

Prompting Britain to declare war

On Germany

It's a crisis

It's a world war

It's a

Crisis

Austria-Hungary declares war on Russia

The final piece that's placed in this crisis

It was a crisis now it's a war

Destined to consume

Every nation all across the globe

And it'll bring about doom

It's a Crisis

It's a Crisis

It's a Crisis

It's a Crisis

It's a Crisis