Song Lyrics

Today I killed, he was just a boy
Eight before him, I knew them all
In the fields, a dying oath
I'd kill them all to save my own

Cut me free, bleed with me, oh no
One by one, we will fall, down, down
Pull the plug, end the pain
Run and fight for life
Hold on tight, this ain't my fight

Deliver me from this war
It's not for me, it's because of you
Devil's instant, my eternity
Obey to kill to save yourself

Cut me free, bleed with me, oh no
One by one, we will fall, down, down
Pull the plug, end the pain
Run and fight for life
Hold on tight, this ain't my fight

I envy the nine lives that gave me hell
My path made up by their torn bodies
Man to man, soldier to soldier, dust to dust
Call me a coward, but I can't take it anymore

They wait for me far back home
They live with eyes turned away
They were the first ones to see
They are the last ones to bleed

The ultimate high as all beautiful dies
A ruler's tool, a priest's excuse, a tyrant's delight

I alone, the great white hunter
I'll march 'til the dawn brings me rest
Tenth patriot at the gallows pole

Cut me free, bleed with me, oh no
One by one, we will fall, down, down
Pull the plug, end the pain
Run and fight for life
Hold on tight, this ain't my fight

Cut me free, bleed with me, oh no
One by one, we will fall, down, down
Pull the plug, end the pain
Run and fight for life
Hold on tight, this ain't my fight

Tuomas Lauri Johannes Holopainen, Tarja Soile Susanna Turunen, Jukka Antero Nevalainen, Erno Matti Juhani Vuorinen, Sami Tuure Petteri Vaenskae, Tero Kalle Sakari Kinnunen

The duration of 10th Man Down is 5:24 minutes and seconds.