Your Fate is Sealed

The cattle car stopped, our ten day trip we hoped to be through So much hatred from a Nazi, so much hatred toward a Jew Our belongings were taken, to where we don’t know The pile of suitcases beginning to grow The smell of death and burning flesh was in the air From the moment we stepped into the courtyard square Families departed, relatives sent to die The others could live, oh how hard they would try A man shot down, just left on the side They will always find you, so don’t try to hide Arbeit Macht Frei read above on the gate No one knew what it meant, the iron sealing their fate To the gallows with him, the others to the gas chambers with fright Heading to my barrack, I lucked out tonight Awaking at dawn, a man dead on top of me He’s away from the pain, he is finally free I look around and begin to count more Dozens lying dead on the cold barrack floor Skinny and naked, eyes rolled back into his head He too escaped suffering, escaped the dread Bodies were piled, plowed away, killed just for fun Someone’s mother, their daughter, and also their son The fight is not worth it, my heart will not mend Maybe I’ll die, never seeing this place again All alone, no one but me My God, my Savior, where can you be? A man comes and takes me by the hand A Nazi, a German, from that evil land Around my neck the rope is hung My tears held back under the killer sun As I’m dropped to my death others are beaten and have fits In this new home that we call Auschwitz