The world is going up in flames
the world is going up in flames
the world is going up in flames
the world is going up in flames
But these flames are not new to our dead
Our dead did cry their final prayer in those flames
Our dead did sing their last lullaby in those flames
Our dead prayed to our infidelite God in those flames
Our dead whispered a last goodbye to their mother
in those flames
I told her ''Mother, don't be afraid, we'll return.
So long, mother!''
Our dead clawed their children close in
the world is going up on flames
My children, have you seen my children
For God's sake
Oh, they took it away from me
Why should I want my life (now)
My children!
My children!
She breaks into a run
Towards the sea
She falls and drowns.
Our dead watched their daughters
butchered raped and beaten
in the still-burning of those flames
Our dead watched an ax remove their
mother’s skull
and crown a wooden spit
in the continuous burning of those flames
Our dead watched while Chrysostomos'
eyes and tongue were pulled out,
teeth and fingers broken, one by one,
in the laughing and the cheering
of those flames.
''They grabbed one of us four
They tore up his abdomen with a stab
They made him walk holding
His own intestines in his hands''
Our dead watched their sisters drenched with gasoline
and scream with melting skin
the world is going up in flames
the world which is going up in flames
''For Christ's sake don't leave us
We have babies with us, elders, girls...
You are responsible! Admiral! Admiral!''
''Fire! Fire!''
Our dead were dragged in marches
Through the desert sun
For weeks until the sun burned out their lungs
And when the flames turned inside out their mouths
And ripped apart their lips, we heard their final prayer
Lord, God have mercy, please, upon our souls!
''They betrayed us, they sold us off
Damn them!
Admiral... what are you doing?
Admiral... save us!
Fire! Fire!"
They saw the world is going up in flames
buried, not yet dead inside the pits engraved :
“GIAOURI, INFIDELI : OUR GOD HAS CHOSEN YOU TO DIE”
''Kneel down!''
And she kneels
''Undress!''
And she undresses.
''Open your legs!''
And she opens them
''Dance!''
And she dances.
''Spit on your honor and your homeland!''
And she spits
''Forsake your faith!''
And she forsakes it.
And now the unblessed dead have ordered us to say:
This is my grave, my holy bed
YOU CANNOT take it
YOU can NOT ERASE MY NAME
YOU can NOT ERASE OUR DEAD
You cannot erase the dead
Because we have been ordered now
to list their names, their numbers,
to give their date of birth, their earthly city,
their father’s name, the sweetness
of their mother’s eyes
Goodbye
Goodbye
Goodbye