Helsinki 1939 - Adastra

The last day of November in 1939

The early winter has painted the city white

As day turns to night and

Skies clear above

People below will

Fight to stay alive

The sunlight vanishes and leaves the city bare

The lights are killed and the traffic is rare

As heavy silence

Fills the ground

From the east

The sky unleashes the beast

The monstrous roaring of the bombers

Fills the moonlit sky

The fear among the men grows bigger

Unsure if they’re gonna die

The overwhelming size of the Soviet fleet

Prepares to drop its load

The pitch black city hidden down below

Prepares to take a blow

A Soviet pilot tries to see the target

In the pitch black night

The A-A fire lights the sky in flames

Right before the plane

In fear he drops the bombs and turns away

As flak tears the sides

As the first bombs hit the ground

The inferno is unleashed

The wail of death from above

They hear the screams everywhere

The dying cries of children

Somebody screams: Incoming!

The air raid siren cries midst of mayhem

All around the chaos unfolds

Bloody remains of dead civilians

Grief of the people left alive

Smoke arises from burning rubble

Inside the trapped children cry

How could their father save them now

He’s at frontline dying too

Save their souls

Mend our ways

May their souls

Rest in peace

When the sun begins to rise

The full destruction is seen

Death is present everywhere

But things could be worse

The government buildings still intact

Most of the bombs dropped to sea

Dread tonight’s second attack

Blood on their hands they’re coming back

Will we learn

From our past

May our scars

Heal in time

The first day of the bombings slowly came to end

A feeling of relief is felt throughout the town

Only to find out

That the coming night

Would make the capital

Face death again