Les Isles Noires - Rome

The wars are moving north

To our isles of green

Through countries washed out

By storms of steel

But they shall not pass — we shall not yield

For freedom is a love not proved

In the letting go

For all they ever allow us to be

Is an alibi, a breath mint for greed

Thus we live gravely, thus we die slowly

Thus we hide in self-control

We who came out here

To give an empire to this loneliness

That surrounds and enslaves

Defines and degrades us

Say we’re mad with hope, say it’s all but smoke

Say we’re all gonna perish in the snows

Take this vow with me

To stay close, to be near

To be oh so sincere

Take this vow with me

For you must know

There’s nothing left around here

And so you toss a coin at every turn

To know what bridge to cross

What bridge to burn

Along the towers, on the riverbanks of France

With spain still in our hearts

While we’re wondering why we are all

So quick to seperate

Sex and love but not church and state

And why they have made

All of us slaves to gold and to debt

To fears and regrets

Take this vow with me

To stay close, to be near

To be oh so sincere

Take this vow with me

For you must know

There’s nothing left around here

For we were not born to live their lie

In houses built to keep the tv dry

So to make you see, to make us heard

We’ll have to rebuild our islands word by word

Take this vow with me

To stay close, to be near

To be oh so sincere

Take this vow with me

For you of all people must know

There’s nothing left around here