En Livstid i Krig

I look around and see my home disappearing
My time at home now feels too short

Just a youth, barely a man when duty called me
If I will see my home again, I do not know

Among kin from my village, I went out to battle
And the world burned

For war can
destroy a man

I give my life for my homeland
But who misses me?

So see me as that
A husband, a friend

Father and son who never come home
But who mourns me?

Went out to battle for Sweden, baptized in blood
Out there awaits death, not heroism

In the field where kin fall, no song is heard
Challenging our fates, once again

Far from home
Baptized and die in battle

And the world burned

For war can
destroy a man

I give my life for my homeland
But who misses me?

So see me as that
A husband, a friend

Father and son who never come home
But who mourns me?

And when my time has run out
Who cares then?

They keep fighting
Does a soldier get a dignified end?

To fall asleep
Disappear

And never wake up

For war can
destroy a man

I give my life for my homeland
But who misses me?

So see me as that
A husband, a friend

Father and son who never come home
But who mourns me?

For war can
destroy a man

I give my life for my homeland
But who misses me?

So see me as that
A husband, a friend

Father and son who never come home
But who mourns me?