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Off the 2004 album The Libertines , ‘Arbeit Macht Frei’ is a short but powerful reflection on the hypocrisy and flaws of human society. The song opens with WWII and the persecution of the Jewish at the hands of the Nazis, and finishes in the post WWII era where despite the millions of lives lost to...
[Verse 1]
Roll a gasper
The guard said he could stay alive if he shovelled and burned his friends to die
People to die
And on the gate read 'Arbeit Macht Frei'
[Verse 2]
In her rollers and a gasper
She cleans the steps on a mean street where no policemen walk the beat
Her old man
He don't like blacks or queers
[Bridge]
Yet he's proud we beat the Nazis
How queer
[Instrumental]
[Outro]
Arbeit Macht Frei
Arbeit Macht Frei was written by Pete Doherty.
Arbeit Macht Frei was produced by Mick Jones.
The Libertines released Arbeit Macht Frei on Mon Aug 30 2004.