Eleventh Hour Lyrics

A war that's been fought going for four years

Was supposed to be over in weeks

I think the ones in charge miscalculated

The suffering that's been unleashed

It's a war of attrition both sides are wearing down

I'm talking about the endless dead figures

The allied powers though have an ace up their sleeves

The United States is fresh and full of vigor

I think this war has gone on too long

The Germans running out of resources

There finding it hard to to field anymore men

The high command grows desperate losing focus

See too many men from too many lands

Have been shipped away to die in foreign soil

This war has gone too long I think their longing for peace

In every country fighting to staying loyal

Yea they left by horse and by train

And they marched out feeling somewhat hopeful

But as the years passed that hope was swallowed up

But the nature of a war that is total

On the ground in the seas and even in the air

Many met their fates so brutal

It's a war that really didn't need to be fought

But it's too late to turn back resisting futile

The people in many countries are suffering starving

Living off of wartime rations

And nowhere is it felt harder than in Germany

The people victim to their wartime machinations

Hindenburg and Lundendorf still cling to victory

But after Passchendaele that isn't wise

But they can't be seen surrendering the fight

So they pass it to the state amid lies

I think this war has gone on too long

The Russians and the Germans find peace

After the Russian revolution no longer wish to fight

A war for the nobles there's no need

So the Germans now believe they can renew their efforts

Despite the US declaring war

And their soldiers being fresh and ready for a fight

What to expect from them no one really knows

But the Germans lack the men to really hold the lines

Lundendorf sees this is the end

He advises the Chancellor and Kaiser Wilhelm

To accept the peace terms that they send

President Wilson of america proposed 14 points

Including given up lands occupied

Lundendorf had second thoughts but it's too late

The end is near Germany must recognize

Revolution all throughout the world

Has led to the setting of fires

From this war a whole generation has been lost

Fighting for the sake of Empires

They want peace desperately whole villages in ruins

The guns will fall silent in these days

The people who lived through this will long remember from the countless

Monuments and graves

After fighting all across the globe between many nations

The German delegation has arrived

To sign the Armistice silencing the guns

On the eleventh month day and time

The hope is now for peace that'll long endure

A treaty will be drafted and signed

At the palace of Versailles but Ironically

This peace will lead to another war

Down the line

But for now the guns fall silent

Even though their silent don't forget about the dead

Even though the guns are silent

Don't forget about the legacy they left

All the battlefields fade into memory

A new world from the ashes we will gain

But let us not forget about the ones who are lost

To the end

They remain

To the end they remain

To the end they remain

To the end they remain