Versailles

[Intro] [Verse 1] The cannons hushed, the fields lay bare, A nation gasping, lost in despair. A republic born from ashes and pain, Golden chains of Versailles, a fragile reign. Paper marks burn, the breadlines grow, Dreams turn to dust as the winters blow. [Chorus] Oh, Weimar, you danced on the edge of a blade, Hope in the cabaret, but the debts were unpaid. A democracy strained, in a world turned unkind, You bore the weight as empires aligned. [Verse 2] Streets filled with banners, red against black, Whispers of hate in the shadows grow back. The generals schemed, the Spartacists fell, A president’s pen couldn’t break the spell. The mark crashed to earth, the middle class drowned, In the silence, a tyrant’s boots found the ground. [Chorus] Oh, Weimar, you danced on the edge of a blade, Art in your heart, but the future decayed. A parliament fractured, a people betrayed, You fell to the storm that your failures made. [Bridge] The radios crackled, the films flickered bright, But darkness crept closer in the d**d of the night. The books turned to embers, the voices erased, A decade of chaos, no time left to waste. [Outro] [Verse 3] Now history whispers through Berlin’s cold stones, Of a republic that faltered, and left us alone. A warning in echoes, where the banners once flew— Break the chains of the past, or repeat what they knew. [Chorus] Oh, Weimar, you danced on the edge of a blade, Your story’s a ghost in the choices we’ve made. A shadow still lingers where your borders laid, A lesson unlearned as the decades fade. [Outro]