Duizend soldaten

When you pass through the Westhoek in your life
Through rain and northern winds
Our time turns back when you pass by here
You'll find the war here

Yes, it's the war that you'll find here
And the grave of a thousand soldiers
Always someone's father, always someone's child
Now dead silent and godforsaken

Let the trees be silent now and the grass not tell
And the wind shouldn't sing it either
That your death meant nothing
Those were all too terrible things

They say everything is fine, there's prosperity in the land
And peace is firmly established in the laws
We do make weapons, but with much more sense
Just to prevent the war

And big rockets with atomic warheads
We're allowed to experiment anyway
We might aim at each other's heads once
But just for our amusement

When you pass through the Westhoek in your life
Through rain and northern winds
Turn back time when you pass by here
You'll find the war here

Yes, it's the war that you'll find here
And the grave of a thousand soldiers
Always someone's father, always someone's child
A thousand and a thousand soldiers (3x)