Common people living quietly in confusion Information's giving quite a grand illusion Hearts are beating, keeping time to meet a deadline Faces pressed against the pane to watch a headline
When the winds blow I will call When the winds blow I will call When the winds blow I will call you We will stand and watch them fall
All our ships are sailing blindly under one sun Sending signals, calling kindly, reaching no-one Echoes sound the shifting air of empires calling Hold my hand, the shifting sand of empires falling
When the winds blow I will call When the winds blow I will call When the winds blow I will call you We will stand and watch them fall Oh, we'll stand and watch them fall
We confided, then decided not to follow All the slogans, taunts and charges, sound so hollow With open minds across the border, we have waited But keeping place within this race is complicated
When the winds blow I will call When the winds blow I will call When the winds blow I will call you We will stand and watch them
When the winds blow I will call When the winds blow I will call When the winds blow I will call you We will stand and watch them fall Oh, we'll stand and watch them fall