so I went to war
 I thought it was right
 to fight for my country
 but then I saw the torture
 I saw the misery the pain and the death
 and I was wounded now I'm paralyzed
 all this has changed my point of view
 I shot enemys now I know they were humans
 I shot civilists now I know I'm a murderer
 I had time to think now I want to tell
 those young men who want to be soldiers
 who want to fight in a war for their country
 that I've seen it that I'm a victim of war
 and that I don't want them to do
 the same mistake

 now I hate wars

 every time I close my eyes
 I can hear the screams
 I can see the dead and the fire
 I don't want them to see the things I saw
 I want to tell them
 they needn't to be soldiers to be men
 and I've learned that love and forgiveness
 is better than hate and war

 now I hate wars

 but now those people who sent me
 to their war forbid me to speak
 about the things I saw
 about the love about the pleasure
 about the youth I lost
 in a war
 and I don't want them to do the same mistake
 now I hate wars