SABATON - Father (Official Lyric Video)

The official lyric video for "Father" by Sabaton. Taken from the EP Weapons Of The Modern Age.

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A long ago in eastern Prussia
Young men with great ambitions rise
So who can tell me who can say for sure
Which one will win the Nobel Prize?

It was a golden age for science
The kaiserreich would hold the key
And as the conflict came and tensions rose
The manifest of the 93

Haber-Bosch, the great alliance
Where’s the contradiction?
Fed the world by ways of science
Sinner or a saint?

Father of toxic gas, and chemical warfare
His dark creation has been revealed
Flow over no man’s land, a poisonous nightmare
A deadly mist on the battlefield

“Perversions of ideals of science”
Lost words of alienated wife
And in the trenches of the western front
Unknowing soldiers pay the price

And on the battlefield they’re dying
And on the fields the crops are grown
So who can tell us what is right or wrong
Maths or morality alone?

During times when there’s peace he belonged to the world
During times when there’s war he belonged to his place of birth

Where, will this lead? What’s coming next?
From your inventions?
We wonder where, where does it end?
Who can foresee, see what will be?

========= Historic Fact ==========

Fritz Haber, often referred to as the “father of chemical warfare”, weaponised lethal gas for the Germans during World War I. Haber is also responsible for the Haber-Bosch process, an invention that resulted in a boom in the world’s population due to a significant increase in agricultural produce.

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Recorded, mixed and mastered at Black Lounge studios by Jonas Kjellgren.

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[The_th_Hussar]

"Every change of sensation in the nose and mouth nags in the mind, it creates utter confusion eroding the soldiers inner strength."
-Fritz Haber "Father of toxic gas and chemical warfare"

[leafsoto]

Love the ominous ambience of this track.

[neocounttarrant]

"So who can tell us what is right or wrong, maths or morality alone?" Such a powerful phrase, gave me absolute goosebumps!

[joshvercekaites]

Fritz Haber was the literal embodiment of "Science is a double-edged sword"

[ojim]

2:36 This is Quote from Fritz Haber himself "During peace time a scientist belongs to the World, but during war time he belongs to his country"

[dinosdaniel]

I love two things the most about this song.
1) The feeling of Halloween it gives me
2) The way the father moves his hands. It looks like he is directing the orchestra and the battle scenes that happen on the bottom of the screen

[aaronwright]

The lyrics to this song are some powerful stuff. The Haber-Bosch process was developed in the early 1900's and was the first feasible method to produce ammonia in a laboratory. That was a very big deal. It allowed for mass scale production of fertilizer to feed the growing world population. Half of the world's population today relies on food grown using ammonia from this method. In 1918, the German chemist Fritz Haber was awarded a Nobel Prize for the discovery. But then it gets uglier. WWI happens, and it turns out that the ammonia is also a critical component of explosives. Even worse, Haber himself was called the "father of chemical warfare" because he studied ways to build chemical weapons out of chlorine gas. He even showed up at the Second Battle of Ypres to see chlorine gas used in combat for the first time. He defended the use of chemical weapons and his contributions to military research in general, at one point saying: "during peace time a scientist belongs to the World, but during war time he belongs to his country." (2:34) He came from a Jewish family but he died before WWII started, so he never witnessed the millions being murdered by poison gas in concentration camps, including a few members of his extended family. The discovery that has fed millions of people also led to one of the most horrific weapons ever created. Science is a double-edged sword.

[realbadcorps]

Fritz Haber is one of the people in history that did something incredible but also created something so horrible that it had to be nearly universally outlawed. This song does such an incredible job at portraying both sides, "And on the battlefield they're dying, and on the fields the crops are grown" is a really underappreciated line.

[danielyu]

I think we can all appreciate the amount of styles of metal Sabaton is able to masterfully pull off. Not all songs have to be loud and rough to give one goosebumps.

[chinmayanaithani]

Around this time 2 years back, I submitted a request to Sabaton to do a song on the life and works of Fritz Haber. Absolutely stoked to suddenly find they released this masterpiece today! Made my day!

[benjaminokonski]

Love the spine-chilling chorus. Can't remember the last time Joakim sang that low for that long, but it sounds really good.

[jfangm]

"It is good that war is so terrible, lest we grow fond of it."
-General Robert E. Lee

[zlavynamliakovoe]

"Father of toxic gas, and chemical warfare" This line gives me goosebumps.

[lordrobin]

I appreciate the fact that Sabaton can just casually release a song about someone who is effectively a mad scientist, and for it to also be a fucking BANGER

[redhausser]

"During times when there's peace he belonged to the world. During times when there's war he belonged to his place of birth!" That is quite the deep phrase to think how people of good may turn into monsters when arms are raised.

[lifeless]

I'm kinda late to discover sabaton but damn man, best decision of my life. It's been 5 days since I found this awesome band and can't stop listening to them, binged all their albums more than thrice....man, what a gold mine

[manuelc]

Literally two days ago I was trying to remember the name of the German scientist who invented fertilizer and developped toxic gas in WW1, and now this song dropped. Amazing!

If you want to know more about Fritz Haber, there is an excellent video about him on the Veritasium channel.
Edit: there is also an episode of sabaton history with Par and Indie

[gigabyteguru]

For anyone who might not know: The song is about the guy who’s work led to mass fertilizer production, saving people from famine, and also some of the most horrific chemical weapons in history.

[bartosz]

"In peace-time the scientist belongs to humanity, in war-time to his fatherland" - Fritz Haber

fantastic song as always, keep up with the good work!

[phsycotater]

I enjoy that every Sabaton song tells a story, usually about someone who has done something great, or terrible, but in this case both. And with this song in particular I love the dark tone, recognizing the damage he caused, but also taking moments to note that without him, some people may not exist. In short, it sounds awesome, but also makes you think.