Nachtschreck Lyrics

The night closes in
Darkness reigns again
Constant bombardment
For weeks at a time
The horror descends
Upon my mind
Only so much one can take
Until the psyche starts to break
Appalling conditions
Riddled with lice
The dugout flooded
And plagued with mice
Artillery barrage
Drones on and on
Monotonous terror
Lasts until dawn
The haunting visions
And deafening screams
Echo down corridors
As conscious dreams
The ghosts of war
Visit at night
Apparitions of
Pale white
Festering wounds
That can never be cured
Delusional, delirious
Sanity forever obscured

...and the night closes in again

Awaiting morning
With a lifeless stare
The only light
From the enemy flare
Hallucinations
Deceiving my eyes
Silhouettes vanish
And materialize
Whispers penetrate
Through the breeze
Paranoia consuming
Relentless unease
Faceless figures
Arose from the black
True terror of the night is
a knife in the back

...and the night closes in again