Arbeit Macht Frei is a track credited to "Doherty". The title means "Work Sets You Free" in German and appeared above the iron gates of Nazi concentration camps, such as Auschwitz, in WW2. The song was intended to display ironic hypocrisy: "He don't like blacks or queers, yet he's proud we beat the Nazi's...how queer".
The Libertines | The Libertines | Album | 2004-08-30 |
The Forum, 2003 | The Libertines | 2003-12-16 | |
CGBG, New York | The Libertines | New York, USA | 2003-04-30 |
Shinjuku Liquid Room, Tokyo | The Libertines | Higashi, Shibuya, Tokyo | 2003-04-13 |
Live @ Liverpool Academy 1 | The Libertines | Liverpool, UK | 2003-02-24 |
Sticky Fingers | The Libertines | Stockholm, Sweden | 2002-12-18 |
Roll a gasper
The guard said he could stay alive
But he has to shovel
And burn his friends to die, people do die
And on the gate read:
Arbeit Macht Frei
In her rollers
And a gasper
Cleaning the steps in the mean street
Where no policeman walks the beat
her old man;
He don't like blacks or queers
yet he's proud he beat the nazis, how queer...
Arbeit macht frei
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Arbeit macht frei
NameArbeit Macht Frei
BandThe Libertines
CreditsPeter Doherty