M 19 Échos de Terre Brisée

Lyrics

[((Intro : Solitary, deeply emotional acoustic guitar plucking, joined by a haunting, crying gasba flute melody setting a grand, cinematic atmosphere))] ​[Couplet 1] [((Style : Crystalline voice, deeply contained emotion, intimate and poetic delivery over slow guitar chords))] What about sunrise? What about rain? What about all the things that you said we were to gain? What about killing fields? Is there a time? What about all the things that you said was yours and mine? Did you ever stop to notice all the blood we've shed before? Did you ever stop to notice this crying Earth, these weeping shores? ​[Refrain] [((Style : Massive emotional release, powerful crystalline high notes but strictly contained, beautiful traditional Raï vocal ornamentations, guitar playing passionate chords with a subtle oriental touch))] Ah-aaaaah, ooh-oooh... Ah-aaaaah, ooh-oooh... [((Vocal effect : Long, soulful, slightly broken oriental note echoing with deep human feeling))] ​[Couplet 2] [((Style : Voice grows smoother and more intense, gasba flute weaves a sorrowful melody in the background))] What have we done to the world? Look what we've done What about all the peace that you pledged your only son? What about flowering fields? Is there a time? What about all the dreams that you said was yours and mine? Did you ever stop to notice all the children dead from war? Did you ever stop to notice this crying Earth, these weeping shores? ​[Refrain] [((Style : Peak dramatic intensity, emotional vocal breaks over powerful acoustic guitar strumming))] Ah-aaaaah, ooh-oooh... Ah-aaaaah, ooh-oooh... ​[Pont] [((Solo : A heartbreaking, soaring solo of the traditional gasba flute, mimicking a human cry, over a delicate acoustic guitar arpeggio))] ​[Outro] [((Style : Guitar plucking slows down and fades, solo voice finishing on a long, breathtakingly beautiful and broken oriental note full of pure soul))] What about us? Ah-aaaaah, ooh-oooh... What about us...