The Lake Ladoga Massacre

One last natural obstacle
The Luga river crossed
Determined to take Leningrad
No matter the cost
Not the final storm attack
Awe and disbelief
Build up the surrounding
A city under siege

Man the ramparts and the barricades
Attempts fail to break through this blockade
In a circle of hostility
Easy target for artillery

Intruder fire comes from everywhere
Inhabitants completely unprepared
Provision depots go up in flames
Replenishments burn down whilst on their way

Stocks increasing, low rations
In the clasp of starvation
Famine stirs up apathy
Hunger seals their destiny

Skeletons once human
Consuming saw-dust bread
Meal of glue a substitute
As they starve to death
With all windows broken
It begins to freeze
Starvelings collapsing
Bodies pave the streets

Over Lake Ladoga
Logistics on ice
Evacuate the wounded
Bringing in supplies
900 days it lasted
The brutal cruel bloodshed
The massacred children
Never to forget