[Intro – slow military blues, marching drums]
[Multiple Mongolian throat singers – deep, mournful, sustained]
[Deep Male Choir – distant]
Born for the trenches…
Born for the debt…
[Solemn Male Lead – weary, controlled]
I do not remember a home.
I remember concrete walls.
A coat placed across my shoulders.
A rifle placed in my hands.
They taught us to march.
They taught us to endure.
No one asked what we wanted.
Krieg already knew.
[Throat singers continue beneath lead]
[Verse 1 – steady military blues]
Boots move together.
One rhythm through the halls.
Left.
Right.
Left.
Right.
Names mattered little.
Numbers were enough.
The mask became my face.
The rifle became my trust.
Beyond these walls waited worlds
I was raised to fight for.
[Throat singers swell between lines]
[Pre-Chorus – choir joins throat harmony]
[Deep Male Choir]
Born into duty.
Raised for the line.
[Lead]
No dream of tomorrow.
Only the order in time.
[Mongolian throat singers – heavy sustained passage]
[Chorus – solemn lead, throat vocals continuous]
BORN FOR THE TRENCHES.
Born beneath an iron sky.
BORN FOR THE TRENCHES.
Not to question how or why.
Give me my coat.
Give me my mask.
Place the rifle in my hands.
When the whistle calls my number…
I will rise.
I will stand.
[Deep Male Choir]
WE WILL STAND.
[Instrumental – blues guitar and marching drums]
[Layered throat singers – deep and rhythmic]
[Verse 2 – throat harmony remains underneath]
The transport doors opened.
Rain fell across the mud.
Artillery rolled like thunder.
Smoke covered the sun.
Men stood shoulder to shoulder.
The trench stretched before us.
At last…
I knew why I was here.
[Throat singers deepen]
[Bridge – slow drums, throat vocals dominant]
[Deep Male Choir]
One step forward.
One step more.
[Lead]
The dead had walked this road before.
[Choir]
One step forward.
One step more.
[Multiple throat singers swell around choir]
[Lead]
Now I walk it too.
[Final Chorus – lead, choir, throat singers together]
BORN FOR THE TRENCHES.
Let the cold rain fall.
BORN FOR THE TRENCHES.
I will answer when they call.
Through smoke.
Through mud.
Through this broken land.
I was given no tomorrow.
I was given this command.
[Deep Male Choir – powerful, solemn]
FORWARD.
[Mongolian throat singers – massive sustained harmony]
[Finale – military blues slowly fades]
[Throat singers continue over marching drums]
[Solemn Male Lead]
I had no home to leave behind.
No life they took from me.
I was born owing a debt…
[Deep Male Choir]
And raised to pay it.
[Throat singers fade into distance]
[Lead]
Born for the trenches.