Sabaton - Inmate 4859 Lyrics






The dawn of century, a boy born by a lake
Resettled from Karelia's plains
Grown to a man in exile as the great war came
Unleashed it's shadow on his world

Oh, no
Oh, no
Who knows his name?

Inmate in hell or a hero imprisoned?
Soldier in Auschwitz, who knows his name?
Locked in a cell, waging war from the prison
Hiding in Auschwitz, who hides behind 4859?

Outside help never came, decided to break free
The end of April -43,
Join the uprising, fight on the streets while hiding his rank
Takes command all while serving his country in need.

Oh, no
Oh, no
Who knows his name?

Inmate in hell or a hero imprisoned?
Soldier in Auschwitz, who knows his name?
Locked in a cell, waging war from the prison
Hiding in Auschwitz, who hides behind 4859?

Sent to a prison, where the heroes are judged as traitors
Accused of treason by his own
Sentenced by countrymen under pressure of foreign influence
Men he once fought to free

Inmate in hell or a hero imprisoned?
Soldier in Auschwitz, we know his name!
Locked in a cell, waging war from the prison
Hiding in Auschwitz, he hides behind 4859!





Other Lyrics by Artist

Rand Lyrics

Last Posts

Sabaton Inmate 4859 Comments
  1. Q.... W....

    Not relevant. But the tune reminds me of a song called Partners in Crime with the 'inmate in hell or a hero in prison..' segments cause of the lyric 'You'll never take us alive" in Partners in Crime

  2. A.... O....

    That was awesome

  3. a.... r....

    Germany: no one can break out of Auschwitz
    Witold: wanna see me do it again?

    a.... r....

    Ill fuckin do it agian

  4. C.... ....

    1:12-1:17 2:12-2:17, He's actually saying "oh no".

  5. S.... R....

    I legit gained half of my history knowledge from sabaton

  6. R.... N....

    Lengyel-Magyar két jó barát együt harcil s isza borát
    Polak, Węgier, dwa bratanki I do szabli, i do szklanki Oba zuchy, oba żwawi Niech im Pan Bóg błogosławi

  7. H.... o....

    R.I.P Witold ❤❤❤

  8. P.... ....

    This is one of my favorite songs of all time, just for the story. Witold Pilecki is a true hero. May he rest in peace wherever he is.
    Thank you for exposing the horrible conditions of that Nazi concentration camp.
    I'm going to make sure my history of war teacher teaches about this honorable man.

  9. F.... E....

    Worst part Socialism and Communism killed him the Worse

  10. A.... L....

    I want to add to the badass list: Wurmbrant. He fought against the Soviet occupation of Romania using Christianity. The Commies HATE Christ and they did everything they could to break him. He eventually was able to get to the USA and told everyone the truth of what the communists were up to. Did I mention that he resisted the Nazis as well?

  11. b.... ....

    I know his name, is on wikipedia

  12. P.... R....

    Me: what is 'Inmate 4859'?
    Youtube: *XYLOPHONE INTENCIFIES*

  13. S.... G....

    Ya know...

    This is one of those songs I play while riding the bus to school.
    Start thinking about it at school.
    Then listen to it again.
    And think.
    Damn why did I doubt this?

  14. S.... J....

    Imagine dying for your document that revealed what happened at Auschwitz and then get labled as a liar by ignorant people called "holocaust deniers"

  15. T.... B....

    14-Yo girl : Billie Eilish is so sad.
    Me: nah, i don't think so.
    14 yo girl: i bet you never felt sad in your entire life
    Me:

    T.... B....

    Me: Final Solution.
    Hammer has fallen.
    Lifetime of war.

    T.... B....

    @Dr. Vanilla inmate 4859 is more sad to me beacose guy did everything he could to free his people then got betrayed and was killed

  16. F.... S....

    A real super-hero

  17. V.... A....

    Courage beyond courage.

  18. Y.... N....

    Does Sabaton have a song about Lepa Radić yet?

  19. B.... K....

    Respect to Witold Pilecki from Latvia

  20. R.... M....

    600th comment

  21. B.... ....

    What a great lyrics video. Bravo!

  22. I.... ....

    This song NEEDS a well shot 4 minute movie about Witold.

  23. S.... N....

    Sabaton legit has taught me way more about wars than any history classes ever could

  24. -.... ....

    Witold Pilecki
    Największy bohater wojenny...
    Cześć i Chwała!
    Niech żyje!

  25. W.... Q....

    We know his name.

  26. P.... _....

    ....
    This restored my faith in Poland.

    You see, I am German and several Polish people to insult and physically attack me for it.
    Accusing me to be a Neonazi and planning genocide etc.

    Because of that I hated and feared Poland/Polish people a long time.
    This on the other hand teaches me that not all Polish people are like that.

    P.... _....

    And the thing is that Austria is responsible for the two world clusterfucks that paid by Germany...

  27. T.... ....

    A man who really fucking hates nazis. Can you blame him?

  28. h.... ....

    Incredible epic. One of the best songs I ever listened to

  29. D.... ....

    In Poland it's not Where's Waldo, it's Where's Witold?

  30. V.... 2....

    This legit sounds like a Nazi zombies song

  31. F.... ....

    1:51 "decided to break free" Just like that? Pretty fuckin' casual. This man has discovered a way to stop concentration camps! Führers hate him!

  32. l.... r....

    This guy have the balls Biggers of all the solider of the soviet union and that is the reason why they kill him.

  33. A.... K....

    CIA: Our agents are clearly the best, they infiltrated the Taliban
    Witold Pilecki: Aw thats neat sport, now let me tell you what daddy did today

    A.... K....

    *Supa Hot Fire Meme **_fucking_** intensifies!*

    A.... K....

    Would have been OSS though. OSS was the precursor to the CIA which was founded after the war.

  34. L.... L....

    Im getting my son a ticket to see them in concert in fl in October

  35. F.... J....

    I like 1:11

  36. P.... ....

    "Oh no. Oh no. We know his name!" Damn straight we do. Considering he's part of the reason we know how bad things were at Auschwitz, imagine how that briefing must have been. "We need volunteers to infiltrate a Nazi prison camp rumored to be one of the worst. We have absolutely no idea what you're in for so prepare for the stuff of nightmares. Any volunteers?" Witold Pilecki, a Pole among Poles, accomplished so much only to be betrayed by your brothers...

    P.... ....

    It was really unfortunate. Most of warriors for independence, soldiers of Polish Underground army were killed during period when Soviets ruled and Moscow gave orders. Moreover, lot's of our partisans were ordered to cooperate with soviet ones and were killed by them. And allies didna give a shit. (Which is quite understandable. Churchill tried to save an empire in downfall and didna want to waste any more men fighting Nazis, so he promised Stalin Eastern Europe. Stalin made sure that we won't rebel by killing partisants, officers, civilians and waiting why we bleed out during Warsaw uprasing). Since 17 September we fought two enemies, not one and both spheres of occupations were brutal. Both used concentration camps, but they used them differently. History is much much longer, but you are probably bored now xd. Tho I can write more. I am keen on history and I am reading loads of books bout it

    P.... ....

    @-_- this is a little late but I'd love to hear more, especially the books you may have read (looking for a decent read)

    P.... ....

    @Zee Man I am not in home, so I can't tell you right now, except the book Ihave read recently. It is called "Europe Fights" (or it translates like that) by Norman Davies.i think it is reliable source of knowledge, author tries to write without any opinions. It concentrate around European theater of 2ww. However it don't concentrate on warfare only and tells about little of everything.

    P.... ....

    @Zee Man and if you are looking for some more informations about Polish people etc. I would recommend you "God's playground". It tries to be neutral telling about Polish history, culture, economics etc throughout it. Also telling about some great Poles. I haven't reached 2ww yet, nevertheless I think you would find both Pilecki and others in there with their brief stories. And you will find how they ended

    P.... ....

    @-_- thanks for replying! It means a lot and I'll definitely check them out

  37. S.... L....

    Under pressure of foreign influence. Oooh so you mean the guy who sentenced him was drunk. Now it makes so much more sense :)

  38. S.... L....

    98 dislike from neo nazis

    S.... L....

    @Echin Amonstras Alaskaut lol, but honestly he did way less against communism than nazism

    S.... L....

    @Stefan Leca But the communists killed him .
    It doesn't matter because he was a hero and he fought for freedom not only against nazism or communism.
    There were a lot of communists that fought nazism and after the fall of the third reich they were as bad as the nazi if not worse in some particular cases.

    S.... L....

    @Echin Amonstras Alaskaut I know, comunism is worse than Nazisim but I still think nazis hated him more than communists maybe like 60 from nazis and 38 from communists :)

    S.... L....

    @Stefan Leca Sounds fair.
    But u forgot the 1 dislike from a muslim

    S.... L....

    @Echin Amonstras Alaskaut YESS! HAHHAH
    Edit: By muslim I mean like Isis cause its opression just wanna fix that before anyone goes apeshit :)

  39. d.... c....

    Ey mister author.
    You did a Good job making a lyric video for Sabaton !
    Just wanted you to know that !

    d.... c....

    The lyrics are wrong.

    d.... c....

    @Adolf Hitler "Shut up Hitler"

  40. l.... a....

    Lyrics in the video are wrong. It's "Oh no, Oh no, who knows his name" not "Witold, Witold, who knows his name".

    l.... a....

    When you don't speak English it all sounds the same.

    l.... a....

    @Lucas aubin, No, because Witold was literally his name.

  41. M.... G....

    1st:that word is not WITOLD its oh no oh no

    2nd:its still awesome

    M.... G....

    @Marko Gamer YT, Well it is saying Witold, because that’s literally the dudes name, and yes it’s still awesome however you hear it.

  42. H.... t....

    His name is Captain Witold Pilecki

    H.... t....

    Colonel Witold Pilecki

  43. R.... 1....

    This guy is the very definition of a hero and a serious badass

  44. J.... G....

    He was arrested by the Stalinist secret police for working with a foreign government (British intelligence)

    J.... G....

    C.I.A The True government of Poland in exile was also counseled in Britain.

  45. X.... K....

    I can understand why people get upset when braindead americans say stuff like "polish camps" and "polish holocaust". I dont think its a big deal, but i see how people would be pissed off.

  46. A.... T....

    Only pole that i love greetings pilecki

  47. N.... N....

    Witold Pilecki

  48. S.... H....

    I miss this old Sabaton,these new songs are shit...

  49. C.... I....

    I got a Nintendo add......lol

  50. �.... ....

    he fought for the freedom of poland
    but who fought for him

  51. H.... S....

    Inmate in hell, or a hero in Prison....
    I know the answer...

  52. P.... L....

    I freakin love how this song starts off though, mmmmmhmhm hhhhhhhh

  53. M.... ....

    Witold Pilecki uciekl z Auschwitz dzialal niepodleglosciowo, prawdziwy bohater !

  54. L.... I....

    Not so fun fact, The numbers of Holocaust victims were the numbers they were logged by in the IBM punch card system the NAZIS used.

  55. F.... J....

    0:1 horror movies favourite song

  56. O.... ....

    NUTS OF GRANITE STEEL.

  57. A.... M....

    for some reason 1:43 gives me goosebumps

  58. i.... '....

    He reminds me of someone

    i.... '....

    Witold you alive man

  59. N.... T....

    his name is wojtek and he is also a bear

    N.... T....

    Thats annother one but also song material :)

  60. B.... K....

    mistake in the lyrics, witold instead of oh no

  61. T.... R....

    Salutes o/

  62. G.... F....

    Shut up, im not crying, you are!

  63. F.... J....

    Die like some trashes as those stupid politicians watch young peapol die. Not much changed today. Specialy that Trump.

  64. R.... X....

    ...his name is John Cena

  65. T.... B....

    He fought for freedom his country never got

    T.... B....

    Yeah they traded oppressors and he traded prisons

  66. M.... F....

    You messed up some Lyrics.
    It's "oh no, Oh no" not "witold, witold"
    "Hero imprisoned" not "hero in prison"
    "waging war from the prison" not "raging war from the prison"
    "takes command all while serving his country in need" not "takes command of serving his country in need"
    https://www.sabaton.net/discography/inmate-4859-lyrics/

  67. A.... L....

    And the lyrics are wrong

    A.... L....

    In what way?

    A.... L....

    @Hunter Smith they are wrong plain and simple

    A.... L....

    Loki Alright, in what way though?

    A.... L....

    @Hunter Smith It's "oh no, Oh no" not "witold, witold" "Hero imprisoned" not "hero in prison" "waging war from the prison" not "raging war from the prison" "takes command all while serving his country in need" not "takes command of serving his country in need" etc...

  68. A.... L....

    It sounds bad because the pitch is wierd

  69. k.... s....

    hero and marshall of poland

  70. b.... m....

    Inmate Julian Assange, put in prison by foreign influence.

  71. A.... R....

    *listens*

    1. this is a bad ass story
    2. WHY IS THIS BAND NOT FAMOUS ALL OVER THE WORLD! (PLEASE COME TO AMARICA!)

    A.... R....

    Akira Rose They are famous all over the world bro.

    A.... R....

    There playing in Dallas in Oct. I already got tickets.

    A.... R....

    They playing in sf i think

  72. D.... P....

    PAMIÉTAMY!

  73. F.... J....

    And than later in 1948 he got accused of fucking TREASOM now that is nit fair. And than those stupid communists killed him.

  74. F.... J....

    But Witold his life and him that is something else. He was such a nice and good guy and he did't want war or being inprisoned but he stood brave and he voolontered to go in Auschwitchs

  75. F.... J....

    We just don't know how lucky we are that we weren't born before ww1 and 2 and than sent to fight and die

    F.... J....

    Die like trashes as those stupid politicians juat watch young men and women die

  76. R.... C....

    https://open.spotify.com/track/2GDpOUt3L5gUsftGfxr2nG

  77. s.... f....

    what a mad lad,he voluteered for auswitz

  78. S.... ....

    Whenever they say Witold it sounds like "woah no"

    S.... ....

    Because the lyrics are wrong and it's oh no

    S.... ....

    @Adolf Hitler I imagine hearing about Witold must have gave you quite a fright Adolf.

  79. C.... _....

    Why do cool people like the sabaton group and pewdiepie come from Sweden ?

  80. G.... X....

    is it me or does anyone else see the spelling mistake at the lines" hiding in Auschwitz" it says Auschwithz

  81. H.... t....

    85 Soviets disliked this video.

  82. T.... G....

    I’m sorry but if your going devote the effort and time to animate it at least. Get the lyrics correctly I mean a simple google search would have solved things like
    “-Go to a man” *Grown and “raging war from the prison” *waging

    T.... G....

    Witold,
    wotold

    *Oh No
    Oh No

  83. B.... S....

    Come to think of it there is no bad sabaton song. Also what other band makes such historical songs that's lyrics tell the story of events and people

  84. Z.... ....

    Witold Pilecki great polish hero.
    Chwała Bohaterom!

  85. C.... F....

    And people think that Communism is a good ideology...

    C.... F....

    There will always be idiots who believe in extreme ideologies, whether this may be Nazism, Fascism or Commie-ism. Luckily, such people are in the minority.

  86. F.... J....

    He almost died protecting thise comie bastards and than they kill him

  87. F.... J....

    I know that his prisoner number was 4859 but he needed to be number 1 hero

  88. B.... D....

    When God created the human thought that we would live in peace . 1939 years later from the Birth of Jesus Christ. ....WAR EVERYWHERE

    B.... D....

    Um, yeah, that's bullshit. This whole god/Jesus/Allah/Odin thing has yet to be proven to be true so it is laughable at best.

    Sincerely,
    An ex-Catholic

  89. E.... ....

    *Waging war

    not Raging war

  90. H.... ....

    I looked him up. I don't have words.

  91. F.... R....

    See why cant we learn this history not the Quran and the crusades we want real history not gay history

    F.... R....

    The crusades too are wanted. Deus vult!!!

  92. �.... �....

    Great respect from Russia to people of Poland. You are indeed true fighters.

    �.... �....

    Андрей Ромашов Yeah,thanks a lot.We will be sure not to forget you teaming up with the Nazis and slaughtering us.

    �.... �....

    @SavantRemover Forgive but not forget.

    �.... �....

    Ned Steven Hard to,Their collaboration with the Nazis against us is just one of like 5 wrongdoings they did to us bro.

    �.... �....

    @SavantRemover It's understandable I just feel bad about how our Nevil Chamberlain thought he was dealing with ww1 Germany and sort of left you guys out to dry.

    �.... �....

    Ned Steven Yeah no pb,I can forgive that,it would be apolitical suicide to fight with them both(Soviets and Nazis) don’t really worry over it.

  93. b.... B....

    Who came here because they didn't know the guys name?

  94. V.... P....

    my role model, such a legend, he broke out of one of the greatest prisons of his time, twice, and he let them imprison him on purpose, he lead the revolution and then was betrayed by some of his own countrymen, what a legend.

  95. F.... J....

    Plus it sounda like Wildo

  96. F.... J....

    How was he executed and what were his last words