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The iron letters
smile
over the gate into hell

Journey’s end
Now you’ll be free
Liberation imminent
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A non-descript gate
through which the
cattle wagons sway

All stop
All change
Freedom from all
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Free from your family
we’ll beat them away
Never need them again

Free you of all
that you ever held dear
possessions, people, dignity
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Turn left or turn right
More freedoms ahead
Freedom from dirt

Altogether now
Shed your belongings
you’ll get them back later
Jede Laus muss heraus

Jede Laus muss heraus
All lice out the house
Close the door to be fumigated
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Drag them out
Cart them away
Soon to be smoke

Freedoms beyond bounds
The ultimate freedom achieved
Freed from your life
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It’s now only words
The acts long since stopped
Justification there never was

We’re all to blame
We all allowed this to happen
Remember remember
the Ninth of November

Do not cast blame
lest ye be blamed yourself
Dark the letters stand in warning
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