1988

I can't remember anything
Can't tell if this is true or dream
Deep down inside I feel to scream
This terrible silence stops me

Now that the war is through with me
I'm waking up, I cannot see
That there is not much left of me
Nothing is real but pain now

Hold my breath as I wish for death
Oh please, God, wake me

Back in the womb it's much
too real
In pumps life that I must feel
But can't look forward to reveal
Look to the time when I'll live

Fed through the tube that sticks in me
Just like a wartime novelty
Tied to machines that make me be
Cut this life off from me

Hold my breath as I wish for death
Oh please, God, wake me

Now the world is gone, I'm just one
Oh God, help me
Hold my breath as I wish for death
Oh please, God, help me

Darkness imprisoning me
All that I see
Absolute horror
I cannot live
I cannot die
Trapped in myself
Body my holding cell

Landmine has taken my sight
Taken my speech
Taken my hearing
Taken my arms
Taken my legs
Taken my soul

Left me with life in hell

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Inzwischen 20 Jahre alt. "One" von Metallica, 1988. Video hier.

Das Lied ist eine Umsetzung des Romans Johnny zieht in den Krieg von Dalton Trumbo.
Ein Soldat verliert durch eine Mine auf dem Schlachtfeld Augenlicht, Gehör, Sprache,
Arme und Beine. Er wünscht sich den Tod, aber kann dies Aufgrund seiner Verletzungen
nicht zum Ausdruck bringen. Er bittet um Hilfe, aber niemand kann ihn hören.