Beautiful people when they're calm
When they're taking care of one another
It won't be long
Before it all goes wrong
They do it every time go ask your fathers
What are they waiting on 
A Messiah or a time bomb
And when the day comes
We'll strap the weapons on
Someone betrayed us
Someone outplayed us
We'll put the helmets on
And when the war is done
We'll be beautiful people when we're calm
We're all here quite aware of one another
For centuries we've been living here in peace
I guess the message really got across the border

We all got our bellies full
Sleeping like a prince beneath a blancket of wool
Self-defense is only natural
Maybe there's a few dirty tricks we pulled
There's a war in the town where we used to work
The whole damn country has gone berserk
There's killing and raping by a bunch of young turks
A paradise turned into hell on earth
A lot of people left their homes and are on the run
Nobody remembers how this war begun
Just rying to survive under the barrel of a gun
And when the race is won we'll be
Beautiful people when we're calm
All is quit now the past has been forgotten
Some they say there's countries we betrayed
Some of our ancestors hearts may have been rotten
We sail along the seas of right and wrong
So vast you wonder why you even bother
The winds are strong
The journey will be long
Some get lucky and some are making water