#Chekist
And granted, still unusual, considering these aren't just songs to be sung among Comrades, but absolutely meant for the public.

But also, still not a big surprise, considering chekist sprituality.
September 29, 2026 at 7:37 AM
Funfact brought on by your favorite CathBol: The song contains a deference to God.

From a communist, chekist soldier band. Several wrong transcriptions float around, as people can't fathom it says "before God".

What you're unware of is the specifically chekist spirituality that very much exists.
They always preach so ardently for peace, it's their core message as communist soldiers. In Siegesmai, the Erich Weinert Ensemble spell it out:

So that they who come after us
may also live without war:
[...]
Our Peace, our Victory!

Are they not right? What would you fight for if not lasting peace?
September 29, 2026 at 6:56 AM
Last but not least, it's admittedly personal, they're specifically German Communist expressions of class struggle, comradeship, revolution and protecting the fruits thereof, and the latter is my thing especially as you'll notice that most songs I render have a distinct, chekist perspective,
September 29, 2026 at 6:23 AM
As a German Communist pretty fluent in English who just happens to have been allowed the overwhelming honor to have been cadre schooled by and with actual chekist veterans, I feel it's not even a big choice I have, because...
September 29, 2026 at 6:23 AM
What can I say, once chekist at heart, forever chekist at heart. Did another from the same band - Erich Weinert Ensemble, featured by The Guard Battalion Feliks Dzierzynski of the State Security - this time an actually singable adaptation, at least for me as a German :'D

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Light of thought breaks through the coldest morning,
Light of thought cuts through the darkest night.
Driving time toward a blissful future,
Bringing everywhere the gleaming light:
September 28, 2026 at 1:32 PM
"THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS . . . "

"AND DRAIN THE SWAMP . . . "

"MAGA-MAGA MULLIGAN WHOOPS . . . "

"COSPLAY CLOWNS POSSE CONSEQUENCES . . . "

"RAGE RAGE AGAINST THE COMING OF THE LIGHT . . . "

"MAD CREEPY OLD CLOWNS PARTY CONSEQUENCES . . . "

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September 27, 2026 at 12:31 AM
"TACTICS WITHOUT STRATEGY WAS THE NOISE BEFORE DEFEAT . . . "

"LIKE LUMINOL FOR THE WORST AND THE DUMBEST . . . "

"SUNLIGHT WAS STILL THE BEST DISINFECTANT . . . "

"RAGE RAGE AGAINST THE COMING OF THE LIGHT . . . "

FIRST AS TRAGEDY
SECOND AS FARCE

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September 26, 2026 at 2:51 AM
"TACTICS WITHOUT STRATEGY WAS THE NOISE BEFORE DEFEAT . . . "

"LIKE LUMINOL FOR THE WORST AND THE DUMBEST . . . "

"SUNLIGHT WAS STILL THE BEST DISINFECTANT . . . "

"RAGE RAGE AGAINST THE COMING OF THE LIGHT . . . "

FIRST AS TRAGEDY
SECOND AS FARCE

churlish chekist cosplay clowns posse #CCCP
September 26, 2026 at 2:51 AM
"TACTICS WITHOUT STRATEGY WAS THE NOISE BEFORE DEFEAT . . . "

"LIKE LUMINOL FOR THE WORST AND THE DUMBEST . . . "

"SUNLIGHT WAS STILL THE BEST DISINFECTANT . . . "

"RAGE RAGE AGAINST THE COMING OF THE LIGHT . . . "

FIRST AS TRAGEDY
SECOND AS FARCE

churlish chekist cosplay clowns posse #CCCP
September 26, 2026 at 2:50 AM
"TACTICS WITHOUT STRATEGY WAS THE NOISE BEFORE DEFEAT . . . "

"LIKE LUMINOL FOR THE WORST AND THE DUMBEST . . . "

"SUNLIGHT WAS STILL THE BEST DISINFECTANT . . . "

"RAGE RAGE AGAINST THE COMING OF THE LIGHT . . . "

FIRST AS TRAGEDY
SECOND AS FARCE

churlish chekist cosplay clowns posse #CCCP
September 26, 2026 at 2:49 AM
"TACTICS WITHOUT STRATEGY WAS THE NOISE BEFORE DEFEAT . . . "

"LIKE LUMINOL FOR THE WORST AND THE DUMBEST . . . "

"SUNLIGHT WAS STILL THE BEST DISINFECTANT . . . "

"RAGE RAGE AGAINST THE COMING OF THE LIGHT . . . "

FIRST AS TRAGEDY
SECOND AS FARCE

churlish chekist cosplay clowns posse #CCCP
September 26, 2026 at 2:49 AM
"TACTICS WITHOUT STRATEGY WAS THE NOISE BEFORE DEFEAT . . . "

"LIKE LUMINOL FOR THE WORST AND THE DUMBEST . . . "

"SUNLIGHT WAS STILL THE BEST DISINFECTANT . . . "

"RAGE RAGE AGAINST THE COMING OF THE LIGHT . . . "

FIRST AS TRAGEDY
SECOND AS FARCE

churlish chekist cosplay clowns posse #CCCP
September 26, 2026 at 2:48 AM
"TACTICS WITHOUT STRATEGY WAS THE NOISE BEFORE DEFEAT . . . "

"LIKE LUMINOL FOR THE WORST AND THE DUMBEST . . . "

"SUNLIGHT WAS STILL THE BEST DISINFECTANT . . . "

"RAGE RAGE AGAINST THE COMING OF THE LIGHT . . . "

FIRST AS TRAGEDY
SECOND AS FARCE

churlish chekist cosplay clowns posse #CCCP
September 26, 2026 at 2:47 AM
"TACTICS WITHOUT STRATEGY WAS THE NOISE BEFORE DEFEAT . . . "

"LIKE LUMINOL FOR THE WORST AND THE DUMBEST . . . "

"SUNLIGHT WAS STILL THE BEST DISINFECTANT . . . "

"RAGE RAGE AGAINST THE COMING OF THE LIGHT . . . "

FIRST AS TRAGEDY
SECOND AS FARCE

churlish chekist cosplay clowns posse #CCCP
September 26, 2026 at 2:47 AM
"TACTICS WITHOUT STRATEGY WAS THE NOISE BEFORE DEFEAT . . . "

"LIKE LUMINOL FOR THE WORST AND THE DUMBEST . . . "

"SUNLIGHT WAS STILL THE BEST DISINFECTANT . . . "

"RAGE RAGE AGAINST THE COMING OF THE LIGHT . . . "

FIRST AS TRAGEDY
SECOND AS FARCE

churlish chekist cosplay clowns posse #CCCP
September 26, 2026 at 2:47 AM
"TACTICS WITHOUT STRATEGY WAS THE NOISE BEFORE DEFEAT . . . "

"LIKE LUMINOL FOR THE WORST AND THE DUMBEST . . . "

"SUNLIGHT WAS STILL THE BEST DISINFECTANT . . . "

"RAGE RAGE AGAINST THE COMING OF THE LIGHT . . . "

FIRST AS TRAGEDY
SECOND AS FARCE

churlish chekist cosplay clowns posse #CCCP
September 26, 2026 at 2:46 AM
"TACTICS WITHOUT STRATEGY WAS THE NOISE BEFORE DEFEAT . . . "

"LIKE LUMINOL FOR THE WORST AND THE DUMBEST . . . "

"SUNLIGHT WAS STILL THE BEST DISINFECTANT . . . "

"RAGE RAGE AGAINST THE COMING OF THE LIGHT . . . "

FIRST AS TRAGEDY
SECOND AS FARCE

churlish chekist cosplay clowns posse #CCCP
September 26, 2026 at 2:46 AM
"TACTICS WITHOUT STRATEGY WAS THE NOISE BEFORE DEFEAT . . . "

"LIKE LUMINOL FOR THE WORST AND THE DUMBEST . . . "

"SUNLIGHT WAS STILL THE BEST DISINFECTANT . . . "

"RAGE RAGE AGAINST THE COMING OF THE LIGHT . . . "

FIRST AS TRAGEDY
SECOND AS FARCE

churlish chekist cosplay clowns posse #CCCP
September 26, 2026 at 2:45 AM
"TACTICS WITHOUT STRATEGY WAS THE NOISE BEFORE DEFEAT . . . "

"LIKE LUMINOL FOR THE WORST AND THE DUMBEST . . . "

"SUNLIGHT WAS STILL THE BEST DISINFECTANT . . . "

"RAGE RAGE AGAINST THE COMING OF THE LIGHT . . . "

FIRST AS TRAGEDY
SECOND AS FARCE

churlish chekist cosplay clowns posse #CCCP
September 26, 2026 at 2:45 AM
"TACTICS WITHOUT STRATEGY WAS THE NOISE BEFORE DEFEAT . . . "

"LIKE LUMINOL FOR THE WORST AND THE DUMBEST . . . "

"SUNLIGHT WAS STILL THE BEST DISINFECTANT . . . "

"RAGE RAGE AGAINST THE COMING OF THE LIGHT . . . "

FIRST AS TRAGEDY
SECOND AS FARCE

churlish chekist cosplay clowns posse #CCCP
September 26, 2026 at 2:45 AM
"TACTICS WITHOUT STRATEGY WAS THE NOISE BEFORE DEFEAT . . . "

"LIKE LUMINOL FOR THE WORST AND THE DUMBEST . . . "

"SUNLIGHT WAS STILL THE BEST DISINFECTANT . . . "

"RAGE RAGE AGAINST THE COMING OF THE LIGHT . . . "

FIRST AS TRAGEDY
SECOND AS FARCE

churlish chekist cosplay clowns posse #CCCP
September 26, 2026 at 2:44 AM
"THOUGHTS *AND* PRAYERS . . . . "

"AND DRAIN THE SWAMP TEXAS . . . "

"KEN PAXTON IS MAD CREEPY + HELLA BAD WEIRD . . . "

"THIS FELLA IS LIKE SCHOOL IN SUMMER NO CLASS . . . "

"MAD CREEPY CORRUPT OLD CLOWNS POSSE CONSEQUENCES . . . "

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September 25, 2026 at 8:34 PM
"THOUGHTS *AND* PRAYERS . . . . "

"AND DRAIN THE SWAMP TEXAS . . . "

"KEN PAXTON IS MAD CREEPY + HELLA BAD WEIRD . . . "

"THIS FELLA IS LIKE SCHOOL IN SUMMER NO CLASS . . . "

"MAD CREEPY CORRUPT OLD CLOWNS POSSE CONSEQUENCES . . . "

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September 25, 2026 at 8:33 PM
"THOUGHTS *AND* PRAYERS . . . . "

"AND DRAIN THE SWAMP TEXAS . . . "

"KEN PAXTON IS MAD CREEPY + HELLA BAD WEIRD . . . "

"THIS FELLA IS LIKE SCHOOL IN SUMMER NO CLASS . . . "

"MAD CREEPY CORRUPT OLD CLOWNS POSSE CONSEQUENCES . . . "

churlish chekist old clowns party consequences texas USA #CCCP
September 25, 2026 at 8:32 PM
"THOUGHTS *AND* PRAYERS . . . . "

"AND DRAIN THE SWAMP TEXAS . . . "

"KEN PAXTON IS MAD CREEPY + HELLA BAD WEIRD . . . "

"THIS FELLA IS LIKE SCHOOL IN SUMMER NO CLASS . . . "

"MAD CREEPY CORRUPT OLD CLOWNS POSSE CONSEQUENCES . . . "

churlish chekist old clowns party consequences texas USA #CCCP
September 25, 2026 at 8:31 PM