we shall let our songs drown      the rattle of the train       and the roaring of the crowd      we shall wet our throat with sticky dark wine      and toast this blood wedding so fine      to new horizons! to a new dawn!      to a new and reckless generosity!      for this our land of the free      we shall win, die or betray and turn      swords to rust - hearts to dust      in vain to write our name       in blood and in flowers of flame      swords to rust - hearts to dust      all blind and gone astray      our envy green as may      all smothered in wild flowers      we break the windows to breathe      that golden dawn is ours      for tonight hesitation is on leave      to wear god down      to flatten him out      to pray to no other      parley with death      to bury the crown      to silence all lovers      we shall turn      swords to rust - hearts to dust      in vain to write our name       in blood and in flowers of flame      swords to rust - hearts to dust      all blind and gone astray      our envy green as may      schwerter zu rost – herzen zu staub!      dennoch die schwerter halten      dennoch die herzen spalten      swords to rust - hearts to dust      in vain to write our name       in blood and in flowers of flame      swords to rust - hearts to dust      all blind and gone astray      our envy green as may