"Hellfighters" lyrics

"Hellfighters"

From a land across the ocean, to the western front where they served
Fought with courage and devotion, preconceptions turned
As the spring offensive kept churning, where the men would earn their name
See the tides of battle turning, and their foes ignite their flame

Hear the toll of the bell, kept fighting for 6 months in hell
As the war rages on, they fight at the edge of the Argonne

Hear the toll of the bell, over 6 months in hell
Out of the trenches they came
As the war rages on, at the edge of the Argonne
Hellfighters earning their name

They would have no prisoners taken, and they never lost any ground
Earned the cross of war unshaken, never turned around
As the armistice is drawing closer, the 369th
Kept on fighting until it was over, and they were first to reach the Rhine

Hear the toll of the bell, kept fighting for 6 months in hell
As the war rages on, they fight at the edge of the Argonne

Hear the toll of the bell, over 6 months in hell
Out of the trenches they came
As the war rages on, at the edge of the Argonne
Hellfighters earning their name

Hear the toll of the bell, over 6 months in hell
Out of the trenches they came
As the war rages on, at the edge of the Argonne
Hellfighters earning their name


Writer(s): Joakim Broden, Christoffer Roerland
Joakim Brodén explained Apple Music, "The 369th regiment were The Harlem Hellfighters, the African American and Puerto Rican unit. Back in those days, the Americans wouldn't really want to fight with them, so they were sort of handed off to the French, who called them the Men of Bronze. They were the unit that served the longest at the frontline. Obviously, people were in World War I for a long time, but you'd rotate in and out of the front every week or two. But these guys were there for six months—that's just brutal. And you want a heavy metal song title? It doesn't get much better."
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