Father
Lyrics:
[English]
A long ago in eastern Prussia
Young men with great ambitions rise
So who can tell me who can say for sure
Which one will win the Nobel Prize?
It was a golden age for science
The kaiserreich would hold the key
And as the conflict came and tensions rose
The manifest of the 93
Haber-Bosch, the great alliance
Where's the contradiction?
Fed the world by ways of science
Sinner or a saint?
Father of toxic gas, and chemical warfare
His dark creation has been revealed
Flow over no man's land, a poisonous nightmare
A deadly mist on the battlefield
"Perversions of ideals of science"
Lost words of alienated wife
And in the trenches of the western front
Unknowing soldiers pay the price
And on the battlefield they're dying
And on the fields the crops are grown
So who can tell us what is right or wrong
Maths or morality alone?
Haber-Bosch, the great alliance
Where's the contradiction?
Fed the world by ways of science
Sinner or a saint?
Father of toxic gas, and chemical warfare
His dark creation has been revealed
Flow over no man's land, a poisonous nightmare
A deadly mist on the battlefield
Father of toxic gas, and chemical warfare
His dark creation has been revealed
Flow over no man's land, a poisonous nightmare
A deadly mist on the battlefield
...
During times when there's peace he belonged to the world
...
During times when there's war he belonged to his place of birth
...
Where, will this lead? What's coming next?
From your inventions?
We wonder where, where does it end?
Who can foresee, see what will be?
Haber-Bosch, the great alliance
Where's the contradiction?
Fed the world by ways of science
Sinner or a saint?
Father of toxic gas, and chemical warfare
His dark creation has been revealed
Flow over no man's land, a poisonous nightmare
A deadly mist on the battlefield
Father of toxic gas, and chemical warfare
His dark creation has been revealed
Flow over no man's land, a poisonous nightmare
A deadly mist on the battlefield
...
Vocabulary in this song:
Vocabulary | Meanings |
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rise /raɪz/ A2 |
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ambitions /æmˈbɪʃənz/ B2 |
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conflict /ˈkɒnflɪkt/ B2 |
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reveal /rɪˈviːl/ B2 |
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creation /kriˈeɪʃən/ B2 |
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poisonous /ˈpɔɪzənəs/ B2 |
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battlefield /ˈbætəl fiːld/ C1 |
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misland /ˈmɪstənt/ C2 |
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alliance /əˈlaɪəns/ B2 |
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military /ˈmɪlɪtɛri/ B1 |
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invention /ɪnˈvɛnʃən/ B2 |
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peace /piːs/ A2 |
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Grammar:
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A long ago in eastern Prussia
➔ Past simple tense
➔ The phrase "A long ago" indicates a specific time in the past.
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So who can tell us what is right or wrong
➔ Indirect question
➔ The phrase "who can tell us" introduces an indirect question about morality.
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Haber-Bosch, the great alliance
➔ Noun phrase
➔ The phrase "Haber-Bosch, the great alliance" is a noun phrase that identifies a specific concept.
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Sinner or a saint?
➔ Correlative conjunctions
➔ The phrase uses the correlative conjunctions "or" to present two contrasting ideas.
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His dark creation has been revealed
➔ Present perfect passive
➔ The phrase "has been revealed" indicates an action that has occurred at an unspecified time in the past.
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During times when there's peace he belonged to the world
➔ Complex sentence
➔ The sentence contains a main clause and a subordinate clause, indicating a condition.
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Who can foresee, see what will be?
➔ Modal verb
➔ The use of the modal verb "can" expresses ability or possibility.
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