A world war has many battlefields
But none were as hostile as the Alpine front
High up, men would haul artillery, dig caves
And constantly climb higher for a better position
Among all the dangers in this top of the world
Few were as dangerous as the weather itself
Avalanches were constant
December the 13th, 1916
Became known as the White Friday
When thousands of men were buried under the snow
Some of those men are still up there
A hundred years later, frozen in ice and snow
I won't be coming home
I won't be going anywhere
I will guard this post forever
Here on the Alpine slope
Where I did my final stand
I shall remain
Among the ice and snow
That binds me to this mountain
A force of nature too strong
Sent from above
Where spirits lead the way
The winds will never fade
White Friday, I'll take the
Stairway to heaven
I'm sky-high, when I die
I'll be immortal
Forever, I never
I won't return to
Blood mountain, I am the
Soldier of heaven
I saw the end of war
I watched the soldiers come and go
And I kept my watch forever
So many brave men fell
In the battles that were raging down below
I have seen it all, but none will hear my story
All of these years, I have been
Frozen in time
I cried for spring to come, but here
Winter remain
White Friday, I'll take the
Stairway to heaven
I'm sky-high, when I die
I'll be immortal
Forever, I never
I won't return to
Blood mountain, I am the
Soldier of heaven
I always dreamed that I would
Serve high above
Where spirits lead the way
The winds will never fade
(Will never fade)
White Friday, I'll take the
Stairway to heaven
I'm sky-high, when I die
I'll be immortal
Forever, I never
I won't return to
Blood mountain, I am the
Soldier of heaven
White Friday, I'll take the
Stairway to heaven
I'm sky-high, when I die
I'll be immortal
Forever, I never
I won't return to
Blood mountain, I am the
Soldier of heaven