[Verse 1] Soviet Union, stone and frost Breadline eyes pay the cost USSR, old iron throat Empty shelves and a borrowed vote CCP painted on the wall Tall red shadows over all KGB at the stairwell door One more name, then one more more DDR in a concrete hive Keep your head down, stay alive STASI ears in the shared hall Hear your breathing, hear it all [Pre-Chorus] Red flags wave Black boots pound Poverty spread The whole nation down [Chorus] Red Death Red Death You hear that step? Red Death Gulag win Gulag win You hear that step? Red Death Red Death [Verse 2] Killing fields under a gray sky No one asks, no one asks why Collectivism on the sign Share the hunger, share the line Fields go thin, the winters bite Metal gates in the pale night One more file, one more trace A frightened heart in a numbered place People bent under too much weight Lives reduced to a waiting state [Pre-Chorus] Red flags wave Black boots pound Poverty spread The whole nation down [Chorus] Red Death Red Death You hear that step? Red Death Gulag win Gulag win You hear that step? Red Death Red Death [Bridge] Name by name, the pages burn Every lesson is a scar we learn When fear gets rich and truth gets small It takes the whole world with it’s fall [Final Chorus] Red Death Red Death You hear that step? Red Death Gulag win Gulag win You hear that step? Red Death Red Death
