Lullaby of War
Sleep, child
Please lie down and close your eyes
And try to find a safe place in your mind
Watch out
But hide your eyes
From what's outside cause there is
No defence for that sight
Sleep, child
And don't be scared if you wake up
And cannot find me here
I'm still there
In your mind
But taken from the earth
Cause there was no place for us
On these holy grounds
Rest
You'll need all the sleep you can get
And trust none
Cause we haven't got you covered yet
Stop running around
There's no way to get out of this cage
Stop screaming at them
They won't help anyway
It's too late
We're born into fear
And shaped by a frame
Made of flames
Scorched as we are
They still say
They won't help
Cause we did this to ourselves
No wonder you've been sleep walking again
Let's try to levitate away
Sleep, child
I know you want to leave with me
But they accept no exit from our streets
Breathe out
But hide your face when you inhale
Cause even air is not safe here
Sleep, child
No need to wake up just to see
That there is no more childhood here
It's been condemned by fear
By all the lives lost here
By lack of rights
Lack of trust
Lack of hope
That there can be a future here
Rest
You'll need all the sleep you can get
And trust none
Cause we haven't got you covered yet
Stop running around
There's no way to get out of this cage
Stop screaming at them
They won't help anyway
It's too late
Remember charred feet
Won't recognize how water feels
Burned by the fires that leave
Your childhood buried underneath
All your broken dreams
They say we did this to ourselves
To justify that they won't help
So try to levitate away
Maybe that can keep you
From sleep walking again
Please lie down and close your eyes
And try to find a safe place in your mind
Watch out
But hide your eyes
From what's outside cause there is
No defence for that sight
Sleep, child
And don't be scared if you wake up
And cannot find me here
I'm still there
In your mind
But taken from the earth
Cause there was no place for us
On these holy grounds
Rest
You'll need all the sleep you can get
And trust none
Cause we haven't got you covered yet
Stop running around
There's no way to get out of this cage
Stop screaming at them
They won't help anyway
It's too late
We're born into fear
And shaped by a frame
Made of flames
Scorched as we are
They still say
They won't help
Cause we did this to ourselves
No wonder you've been sleep walking again
Let's try to levitate away
Sleep, child
I know you want to leave with me
But they accept no exit from our streets
Breathe out
But hide your face when you inhale
Cause even air is not safe here
Sleep, child
No need to wake up just to see
That there is no more childhood here
It's been condemned by fear
By all the lives lost here
By lack of rights
Lack of trust
Lack of hope
That there can be a future here
Rest
You'll need all the sleep you can get
And trust none
Cause we haven't got you covered yet
Stop running around
There's no way to get out of this cage
Stop screaming at them
They won't help anyway
It's too late
Remember charred feet
Won't recognize how water feels
Burned by the fires that leave
Your childhood buried underneath
All your broken dreams
They say we did this to ourselves
To justify that they won't help
So try to levitate away
Maybe that can keep you
From sleep walking again
Credits
Writer(s): Heidi Wittrup Djup, Age Hustvedt
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