Smoke rises from the pavement, soaked in blood, streets in ruins, drowned in horror. Silence screams, no one hears a word, hope is dying, darkness grows anew. Broken flowers, dreams turned to dust, smiles vanished, perhaps merely lost. Where is that hope, the light and purity? Only the heart aches, cruel solitude. Chorus: Deep darkness, a wounded world, hatred tears, peace lost. A broken heart, a faint spark, we seek peace, a feeble hope, in the depths of darkness, life slumbers, in each of us, for we know it there. From the flame of compassion, a new world arises, love penetrates into every heart. Verse 2: Flags raised, symbols waving, empty slogans, words deceive. Brother fights brother, blood flows. Walls of sorrow, time drags on! We forget to ask: "Why?" And we only look at where and what! Chorus: Deep darkness, a wounded world, hatred tears, peace lost. A broken heart, a faint spark, we seek peace, a feeble hope, in the depths of darkness, life slumbers, in each of us, for we know it there. From the flame of compassion, a new world arises, love penetrates into every heart. Bridge: We can find the strength—we still may! Break the chains, that power lies within us. The will to change, love still blooms, hope will shine clearly. Or does this war still rage on? In the heart fear rages mercilessly! Humanity, compassion, a yawning emptiness, only cold lives in us, nothing more hides. Chorus: Deep darkness, a wounded world, hatred tears, peace lost. A broken heart, a faint spark, we seek peace, a feeble hope, in the depths of darkness, life slumbers, in each of us, for we know it there. From the flame of compassion, a new world arises, love penetrates into every heart. Ending: And so, from the ruins and pain, a new day will rise, where love, compassion, will heal the shadow in the heart. Together, with faith in our hearts, we will step forward, toward a world where love is our whole world.
