We (1848)

1848 the people addressed it to the king "...End the serious, imperious Regency that's fearing us" Thus the passing bells Were tolling For an everybody's soul But 40, 000 stood brave for This fail, tonight We were all at liberty To bail for rights We were brave While bombard's burst was hailing skies We were always young, We were the youth! We had no choice, this time! From the Baltic Sea To the Black Forest One could hear From Pomerania to the Alps For the very first time in German history People had a vote on whom To represent them (and the) right to build A national assembly at their will This fail, tonight We were all at liberty To bail for rights We were brave While bombard's burst was hailing skies We were always young, We were the youth! We had no choice, this time! "...The great question of the day will not be settled by means of Speeches and majority decisions... But by iron and blood." - Otto Von Bismarck, 1815-1898