Unterstandsangst Lyrics in English KANONENFIEBER

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Unterstandsangst by KANONENFIEBER from German to English.
The slaughtering beast rages
Pitiless, it plows the land
In insane frenzy, endless fire
Tortures our minds
I sit here in the mire
The dugout is dug deep
Hour after hour under cover of night
Seeking cover from MG salvos
My blood freezes in my veins
My whole body cramps up
Legs shake, teeth chatter
Inside me the dugout fear grows
Nothing to drink and nothing to eat
In death we've entrenched ourselves
No escape and no hiding
Inside me the dugout fear grows
Dugout fear
We've been silent for many hours
Nobody understands a word
The noise unbearably loud
Drags me away from this place
The field recruits fresh to the front
They've been with us for 5 days
Their world lies in ruins now
Broken in fiery blaze
Lips tremble, eyes dull
Foam runs down his mouth
He runs in circles without stop
This dugout here, his certain grave
My blood freezes in my veins
My whole body cramps up
Legs shake, teeth chatter
Inside me the dugout fear grows
Nothing to drink and nothing to eat
In death we've entrenched ourselves
No escape and no hiding
Inside me the dugout fear grows
Dugout fear
He babbles words
Hands clenched to fists
His life loses its meaning
Under the cannons' roar
Dirt trickles down on us
The dugout keeps giving way
Under fire for days now
And not a second of sleep
The crew is exhausted
Only apathetic staring
When will the counterattack come
How long must we still hold out
The young recruit runs straight to the exit
Stop! I hold him back
Don't go out there into the drumfire
My boy, or you'll get yourself killed!
He screams in panic and fear
He lashes out on instinct alone
He hits me hard and I stagger
As he pushes past me
I run after him to the dugout entrance
He's already running into the open field
I hear a mine flying
And God knows where it'll land
He still runs toward the front
Step by step set firm
Till the mine crashes in
And tears him apart in mid-air
My blood freezes in my veins
My whole body cramps up
Legs shake, teeth chatter
Inside me the dugout fear grows
Nothing to drink and nothing to eat
In death we've entrenched ourselves
No escape and no hiding
Inside me the dugout fear grows
Dugout fear
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SONG MEANING

Unterstandsangst thrusts the listener straight into a World-War-I trench, where the screams of artillery and the rattle of machine-gun fire drown out every human thought. The title translates to shelter anxiety, and that claustrophobic fear saturates every line: mud rises to the knees, rations are gone, and nerves crackle like tripwires. Over pounding riffs, the narrator watches fresh recruits crumble, hears mines whistling overhead, and feels his own sanity fray as the dugout creaks above him.

Rather than glorifying battle, KANONENFIEBER paints a brutally honest picture of what happens when men are trapped between collapsing earth and relentless shellfire. Each verse piles on sensory details—freezing blood, chattering teeth, choking dust—to underline how war erodes both body and mind. By the song’s end, the real enemy is no longer the opposing army but the growing terror inside the bunker itself, a panic that drives one young soldier to a fatal break for open ground. The track is a visceral reminder that, in the trenches, survival is not only about dodging bullets; it is also about fighting the overpowering dread that seeps into every heartbeat.

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