Same Shadow

Verse 1

Silent

From the East a cry rises

Drawn

In the West an echo responds

Cold

Borders on the map

Blood flows equally warm to the eye

Promises of peace fade

As power paints a new war again

Nations pay a high price

While leaders move pieces on the board

Chorus

Not East

Not West

Only humans

Carrying the wounds of history

All wars

All injustices

Eventually fall into the same shadow

We shout across the borders

No more useless graves

No more lies in the name of power

No more blood on the ground

Post-Chorus

No more blood

No more blood

Ooo ooo ooo

Verse 2

Hidden

Flags wave but the truth

Fear

Boils in the minds of nations

The enemy

Is told

The other is the one

But who really writes the story

Mothers cry in the East and West

The same sorrow without translation

Language different but tears the same

They have no side or border or power

Chorus

Not East

Not West

Only humans

Carrying the wounds of history

All wars

All injustices

Eventually fall into the same shadow

We shout across the borders

No more useless graves

No more lies in the name of power

No more blood on the ground

Bridge

Who wins when everyone loses

Who controls the silent field

When ash falls over cities

Only names remain in cold stone

In the shadows power celebrates

Behind the curtain truth sows

The rich and mighty are shielded by law

Too many look away

While the weak are sold into silence

And justice drowns in influence

No name or rank can save

When truth demands an answer

Hook

No one is untouchable

No one is sacred

When injustice is done under the shield of power

All exploitation

All crimes

Must be brought to the daylight

Chorus

Not East

Not West

Only humans

Still hoping for tomorrow

All wars

All injustices

Must not happen again

If we finally hear each other

No more weapons needed

One world

One voice

Peace knows no borders

Post-Chorus

One world

One voice

Peace knows no borders

Knows no borders

Ooo ooo ooo