Somewhere once There was a sweet and terrible parting A little cry for air With your softness please Take me back there
Somewhere once There was no guard at the border Land into land In sweet disorder Please let me hold you, Europe As you once were Flesh of my flesh Daughter, heir
Somewhere once There was a motherland Safe in your belly Or the palm of your hand Then in a crash of sound To the roar of guns My world exploded I fell to the ground
Birth of a nation Earth giving birth I heard your cries In the night, in the morning When i opened my eyes To find Europe divided - a valley of sighs