“Soldier of Heaven” tells the story of a soldier who, like many of his brothers, froze to death in the Alps during World War 1. The soldier speaks of horrors he witnessed as a spirit bound to the mountains. He makes mention of White Friday, a disaster that occurred in 1916 when an avalanche killed a...
[Verse 1]
I won't be coming home
I won't be going anywhere
I will guard this post forever
Here on the alpine slope, where I did my final stand I shall remain
Among the ice and snow that binds me to this mountain
[Pre-Chorus 1]
A force of nature too strong, sent from above
Where spirits lead the way, the winds will never fade
[Chorus]
White Friday, I'll take the
Stairway to heaven
I'm sky high, when I die
I'll be immortal
Forever, I never
I won't rеturn to
Blood mountain, I am the
Soldier of heavеn
[Verse 2]
I saw the end of war
I watched the soldiers come and go
And I kept my watch forever
So many brave men fell in the battles that were raging down below
I have seen it all but none will hear my story
[Pre-Chorus 2]
All of these years I have been frozen in time
I cried for spring to come but here, winter remain
[Chorus]
White Friday, I'll take the
Stairway to heaven
I'm sky high, when I die
I'll be immortal
Forever, I never
I won't return to
Blood mountain, I am the
Soldier of heaven
[Pre-Chorus 3]
I always dreamed that I would, serve high above
Where spirits lead the way, the winds will never fade
[Chorus]
White Friday, I'll take the
Stairway to heaven
I'm sky high, when I die
I'll be immortal
Forever, I never
I won't return to
Blood mountain, I am the
Soldier of heaven
[Chorus]
White Friday, I'll take the
Stairway to heaven
I'm sky high, when I die
I'll be immortal
Forever, I never
I won't return to
Blood mountain, I am the
Soldier of heaven
Soldier of Heaven was written by Chris Rörland & Joakim Brodén & Pär Sundström.
Soldier of Heaven was produced by Sabaton.
Sabaton released Soldier of Heaven on Fri Jan 07 2022.
Joakim Brodén:
On The Great War, we felt we didn’t represent the Southern Fronts so well. We were sort of getting lost in the Red Baron and all the low-hanging fruit. So, we decided to dive into the events in the Alps on White Friday and how soldiers are still, to this day, frozen up there, not yet...