When everything ended, we realized that we were left with nothing.
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The generals shared the victory over our shoulders.
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We knelt in the temple among thousands of candles,
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They thanked Heaven for the right to live more.
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The ships left without us, they didn't take us on board,
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And in the newspapers they wrote that every surviving hero,
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Our home, it seems, for a long time, was the port,
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And only the one who was called sister was glad to see us.
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Chorus:
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This is the end of the war.
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Several years in hell.
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Just wait for me
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I will come by water...
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How big is the earth!
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Somewhere blooming gardens
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I would like to get there
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I would like a sip of water...
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Letters unsent, like frightened birds in snares
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They broke their wings, disappearing in the blackened forests,
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The old woman carried the dead on bony hands,
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The living lost their minds when they looked into her eyes.
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We stood up to our necks in the quagmire, smiling at the spring,
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We were deaf from the explosions, we saw prophetic dreams,
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We burned villages, and the sun melted in fire,
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We knew too much that we shouldn't know.
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We are obliged to survive simply because we are expected.
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And suddenly everything calmed down, we did not know that the end of the war ...
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Didn't know that the end of the war...
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We were left there, doomed to lynching.
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We did everything as needed, and now we are not needed.
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Chorus:
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This is the end of the war.
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Several years in hell.
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Just wait for me
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I will come by water
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I'm on the water...
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The river took us to the city along the mountain ranges.
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Day after day the quarters came to life, the dawn rose.
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The boys chased tame pigeons over the roofs,
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And looking at them, we understood that not everything was in vain.
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But we are poisoned by foolishness, we are strangers at this feast.
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These marches of bands, fireworks of pompous rockets,
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These flags with coats of arms flying in the wind
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This is our country, which does not care about us.
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Chorus:
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This is the end of the war.
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Several years in hell.
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Just wait for me
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I will come by water
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I'm on the water... |