On the bloody shirts of the slain We gathered in evenings; were paintings scenes Of tomorrow's happiness of the world So, our flags were born Old rituals mundane. Symbolic functions of our discontent Let all laments end. Our mental shackles; [is] their common sense We now understand That our name's a hiss, that eerie echo that climbs the abyss You let it sink in Moments before your next pointless shift Single out which new dead-ends to carry Or choose the path ... of a Revolutionary And all those times we lost heart All those times we felt desperate, detached & numb And all those times we lost heart All those times we felt obsolete, detached & numb Always the memory of her hand The memory of her hand In that last barricade Defending our common land Through this desert of the Real Arm yourselves with the Optimism of the Will Give me cover with your shield Rise above, the ruins of Fear Because our homeland is all the roads That on their side sleep the dead of our struggle Because our homeland Is all the roads That on their side sleep They sleep The dead of our struggle