The cover for the song, War
War is a song written by the Finnish rock band Poets of the Fall from their fourth album, named "Twilight Theater". It is featured on a radio found in Alan Wake.
Lyrics[]
Do you remember standing on a broken field,
White crippled wings beating the sky,
The harbingers of war with their nature revealed,
And our chances flowing by
If I can let the memory heal,
I will remember you with me on that field
When I thought that I fought this war alone,
You were there by my side on the frontline,
When I thought that I fought without a cause,
You gave me a reason to try
Turn the page I need to see something new,
For now my innocence is torn,
We cannot linger on this stunted view,
Like rabid dogs of war
I will let my memory heal,
I'll remember you with me on that field
When I thought that I fought this war alone,
You were there by my side on the frontline,
And we fought to believe the impossible,
When I thought that I fought this war alone,
We were one with our destinies entwined,
When I thought that we fought without a cause,
You gave me the reason why
With no-one wearing their real face,
It's a whiteout of emotion,
And I've only got my brittle bones to break the fall
When the love in letters fade,
It's like moving in slow motion,
And we're already too late if we arrive at all
And then we're caught up in the arms race,
An involuntary addiction,
And we're shedding every value our mothers taught
So will you please show me your real face,
Draw the line in the horizon,
Cos I only need your name to call the reasons why I fought
When I thought that I fought this war alone,
You were there by my side on the frontline,
And we fought to believe the impossible,
When I thought that I fought this war alone,
We were one with our destinies entwined,
When I thought that we fought without a cause,
You gave me the reason why
Trivia[]
- The song is placed at number 2 in the Twilight Theater album and is the most popular song in the album on iTunes and Spotify.
- Poets of the Fall have released a music video for War featuring Ilkka Villi reprising his role as Alan Wake. The video contains re-enactments of scenes from the game.
- The lead writer of Alan Wake, Sam Lake chose the song from the unfinished album.
- In the music video, all members except the lead singer of the band play the Taken that gain on Alan.
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