Orders of extermination A final solution to the question Hundreds of miles overland Months-long march to death Abolish, annihilate Massacre, depopulate Orders to begin the operation Systematic deportation Pursuing the goal of annihilation Easily concealed in a time of war Laying down the tracks To their own eradication At the end of the line Certain death destination Driven from their native soil Packed like cattle into the rail cars To the end of the line Left to die from thirst and hunger Abolish, annihilate Massacre, depopulate Advancements in technology Genocidal utility Empty the prisons, to prey on the condemned Torture, rape and murder reign across the land Stripped of possessions, stripped of their lives A nation and population sentenced to die Laying down the tracks To their own eradication At the end of the line Certain death destination Driven from their native soil Packed like cattle into the rail cars To the end of the line Left to die from thirst and hunger