Soldier of Heaven Lyrics

[Pre-Chorus 2]
All of these years I have been frozen in time
I cried for spring to come but here, winter remain

[Chorus]
White Friday, I'll take the
Stairway to heaven
I'm sky high, when I die
I'll be immortal
Forever, I never
I won't return to
Blood mountain
, I am the
Soldier of heaven

[Pre-Chorus 3]
I always dreamed that I would, serve high above
Where spirits lead the way, the winds will never fade

[Chorus]
White Friday, I'll take the
Stairway to heaven
I'm sky high, when I die
I'll be immortal
Forever, I never
I won't return to
Blood mountain
, I am the
Soldier of heaven
[Chorus]
White Friday, I'll take the
Stairway to heaven
I'm sky high, when I die
I'll be immortal
Forever, I never
I won't return to
Blood mountain
, I am the
Soldier of heaven

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Genius Annotation

“Soldier of Heaven” tells the story of a soldier who, like many of his brothers, froze to death in the Alps during World War 1. The soldier speaks of horrors he witnessed as a spirit bound to the mountains. He makes mention of White Friday, a disaster that occurred in 1916 when an avalanche killed an estimated 10,000 Austrian and Italian soldiers, and Col di Lana, nicknamed the “Blood Mountain” because of the unusually high number of casualties that occurred there. Some people think that the opposing sides purposely shelled the mountains above the enemy to cause an avalanche and trap the soldiers, but it is not confirmed.

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What did Sabaton say about "Soldier of Heaven"?
Genius Answer

Joakim Brodén:

On The Great War, we felt we didn’t represent the Southern Fronts so well. We were sort of getting lost in the Red Baron and all the low-hanging fruit. So, we decided to dive into the events in the Alps on White Friday and how soldiers are still, to this day, frozen up there, not yet dug out because we don’t know where they are. I think, late last year, archaeologists found another site up there. So, this song is a tribute to the fallen that never came home.

–via Apple Music

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