Ballad Of Vitaly Lyrics - History From Below - Delta Spirit

In the German sky there once was a plane 

It carried 71 children and their mothers to Spain 

Well, this plane was sure somethin' 

It was full of young Russians 

Proudly to gander at topics discussin' 

Now Pete the Swiss was doublin' shifts 

Jugglin' the iron controlled by his lips 

Not a minute too soon children fell to their doom 

Struck dead in the air, orphan a father or two 

He just laid in the alley 

Now orphan Vitaly met a young girl, married her quickly 

Was so damn in love that they had their two kids 

Had a great job, construction in Spain 

They were goin' to see Papa from Caucasus mountain range 

Now that damn Swissman crashed them into a plane 

I will find where he lives, speak to his face 

With the blood in my eyes, he will see my pain 

Many weeks passed, for fear of a suit 

The airline said nothin', Vitaly turned blue 

For the killin' they done, no apology made 

Is it 'cause we are Russian you treat us this way? 

Through a friend that he knew Vitaly found Pete 

He came to his doorstep expectin' to speak 

But Pete blew him off, threw down the pictures Vi brought 

Pictures of the 3 most important he lost 

As the pictures fell down 

Re-enacting the day 

Vitaly's eye blackened 

No human remained 

Well, so much can be said 

For a man in his shoes 

There's no glamour in vengeance 

There's only this rule 

That the lives that you lost 

Can never come back 

And the deed in return 

Is worse than the act 

Blinded by love and the pain of his loss 

He could not remember the act of assault 

He awoke in his room all covered in blood 

The cops they'd come knockin', they knew what he'd done 

The government leaned 

Vitaly was free 

They called him the hero, a man above kings 

A shadow of man, they were praising his deed 

He was alone, killed a father of 3 

No deed that he did could make him complete 

It could have been different if only Pete said 

I'm sorry for killin' the few joys you had 

But now there's nothin' for Vitaly to do 

But step off a cliff or hang in the noose 

Robbed of forgiveness that he could've gave 

There's no man left to save