In the far away fires 

Where the hills forever burn 

At the feet of our heroes 

We try hard to learn 

But the lesson is lost there 

In the smoke and the mud 

That we are one flesh, one breath, one life, one blood 



I stood by the river 

That ran red with shame 

I stood in the killing fields 

Where death had no name 

I stood with my brothers 

And away it flood 

And we were one flesh, one breath, one life, one blood 



Then I felt to the ground 

Tasted ashes on my tongue 

Thinking that only the dead 

Are forever young



There was peace in the twilight 

And for a moment among 

It was a world without danger 

A world without war 

And I will take all your suffering 

It will do any good 

Cause we are one flesh, one breath, one life, one blood