Asta Kask is a punk band from Töreboda, Sweden. It was founded as X-tas in … Read Full Bio ↴Asta Kask is a punk band from Töreboda, Sweden. It was founded as X-tas in 1978, but changed to Asta Kask in 1980. In 1984 the band started working with Rosa Honung Records. After the 1986 release of the "Aldrig en LP" the band split up.

Bjurren and Bonnie started Cosa Nostra, Micke joined Strebers and Ernie started NEIN together with members of Rolands Gosskör.

In 1989 the band was reunited and played a few gigs, but then went dormant until 1992 when they played at Rosa Honung's ten year jubilee. Then the band went quiet again until 2003 when they started touring again as a "revenge" for all the unfairness they've been put through. The drummer, Bjurre, quit the band in late 2004 to focuson his other bands Frost and Deny, and was replaced by Dadde (of Wolfbrigade). During 2005 a conflict with Rosa Honung that had been growing for many years reached a point where the band could no longer work with the label so they signed a deal with Burning Heart Records. In April 2006 Asta kask recorded their first new album in 20 years.

Välkommen hem
Asta Kask Lyrics

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Han läste det på ett plakat
Han hörde på sin faders tjat
Min gosse, du vet din plikt
Åk till Vietnam för ditt land
Så värvning han tog
Fast hans tveksamhet var stor
Med vapen stolt i sin hand
Drog han ut i krig för sitt land

Men hans liv blev ej så lätt
Nej, det kändes inte rätt
Han grät varje natt
Ja, han grät för varje liv han har ta'tt
Men när han såg Uncle Sam
Släppa sin napalm
Då frös hans känslor ihjäl
Och han led in i kropp och själ

FRÅN USA TILL VIETNAM
VÄLKOMMEN HEM

I USA:s slumkvarter
Vår hjälte ibland man ser
Ensam på sin hjältefärd
Ensam i drogens värld
Bortglömd av det land
Han kämpade för i Vietnam
För hjältar av hans sort
Dom vill man ju helst glömma bort

FRÅN USA TILL VIETNAM
VÄLKOMMEN HEM

En sista kula han har kvar
Ja, det sista liv han tar

Ett sista mord för Uncle Sam
Han tog ju sitt liv för sitt land

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Asta Kask's song Välkommen hem, which translates to Welcome Home, tell a story of a young man who is encouraged by both his father and society to go to Vietnam and fight for his country. Despite his hesitation, the young man enlists and goes off to war, only to find that his experience is far from what he expected. Night after night, he cries for every life he's taken and struggles with the atrocities of war. Seeing Uncle Sam drop napalm froze all of his feelings, as he suffered both physically and mentally.

After his time in Vietnam was up, the young man returned to the United States, where he is now forgotten and living in poverty. He is alone in his struggles with addiction and PTSD, and society turns a blind eye to his suffering. As a last resort, he takes his own life, feeling that he has killed one last time for his country.

The song is a poignant commentary on the effects of war on soldiers, not just physically, but emotionally and mentally as well. It highlights the disconnect between those who send soldiers to fight and those who suffer the consequences. The lyrics paint a picture of a young man whose life is destroyed by a war that he was told was necessary for his country.

Line by Line Meaning

Han läste det på ett plakat
He read it on a poster

Han hörde på sin faders tjat
He listened to his father's nagging

Min gosse, du vet din plikt
My boy, you know your duty

Åk till Vietnam för ditt land
Go to Vietnam for your country

Så värvning han tog
So he took the enlistment

Fast hans tveksamhet var stor
Although he had great hesitation

Med vapen stolt i sin hand
With a proud weapon in his hand

Drog han ut i krig för sitt land
He went off to war for his country

Men hans liv blev ej så lätt
But his life did not become easy

Nej, det kändes inte rätt
No, it didn't feel right

Han grät varje natt
He cried every night