Orders From the Dead lyrics

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

"της είπα, μάνα, μη σκιάζεσαι, θα γυρίσουμε... έχε γεια... μάνα!"

Our dead clawed their children close in

the world is going up on flames

"τα παιδιά μου, καλέ, μην είδατε τα παιδιά μου

για όνομα του Θεού

ωχ, μου το πήρανε και τι να θέλω τη ζωή

τα παιδιά μου!

τα παιδιά μου!"

βάζει μια τρεχάλα

για την θάλασσα

πέφτει και πνίγεται

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

"αρπάξανε από την τετράδα μας

του σκίσανε την κοιλιά με μια μαχαιριά

τον βάλανε και πάτησε κρατώντας

τ'άντερά του στα χέρια"

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

"Για όνομα του Χριστού μη μας αφήσετε

έχουμε μωρά μαζί μας, έχουμε γερόντους, κορίτσια...

είστε υπεύθυνοι! Ναύαρχε! Ναύαρχε!

Φωτιά! φωτιά!"

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!

μας προδώσανε, μας ξεπουλήσανε

πανάθεμά τους!

Ναύαρχε... τι κάνεις;

Ναύαρχε... σώστε μας!

Φωτιά! φωτιά!

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”

Γονάτισε κάτω!

Και γονατίζει

Ξεγυμνώσου!

Και ξεγυμνώνεται

Άνοιξε τα σκέλια σου!

Και τ'ανοίγει

Χόρεψε!

Και χορεύει.

Φτύσε την τιμή σου και την πατρίδα σου!

Και φτύνει

Απαρνήσου την πίστη σου!

Και την απαρνιέται

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