Without knowing why I came
or why this burden chose my name
I asked myself
we are the people of this land
That’s the legacy, the claim

Time moves on
but right never fades
Avoiding the clash,
that’s how surrender is made

so days lean toward me
lean toward me
I’m calling you

In the crowd’s loud hum
beneath the rubble’s reign
I remain
to hold my name

I moved fast enough
to stay alive
and the moment for me to leave
will never arrive

but if only
if only
if only forgetfulness would find its way
to cradle my sweetest memories
and let me walk through life
without the pain

Flames rising from the tents
will topple palace beams

Memory
will carve entire centuries

To us the land
is mother’s breath
to them a lie dressed in death

the fire that runs in her veins
is a curse on their name
And we won’t give up the land or flame

I met tomorrow
in today’s hands
It told me gently,
you’ll understand

So days rush to me
lean toward me
lean toward me

With no pain
(choir)

Dust and thunder
minds thrown high
words mark the skin
and silence cries

Souls defiled
Sickness spread
and no memory
no history
without the land

but if only
if only
if only forgetfulness would find its way
to cradle my sweetest memories

and let me walk through life
without the pain