Time Immemorial

Song Time Immemorial
Artist Markéta Irglová
Album Muna

Lyrics

[00:16.19] Wounded soldier, rest a while.
[00:20.40] In this house you鈥檙e safe from harm.
[00:24.17] Let the war fight itself.
[00:32.20] Don鈥檛 be alarmed-
[00:34.86] Though I wear a uniform of your army鈥檚 enemy,
[00:40.17] I am no enemy to you.
[00:47.61] We didn鈥檛 start this war, or the one before.
[00:55.35] All we鈥檝e ever wanted was to live in peace.
[01:03.42] War is the mindset of those threatened by the thought
[01:07.52] Of losing power, and control, don鈥檛 you see
[01:11.94] We have been our worst enemy.
[01:19.45] But you and I have minds of our own,
[01:24.34] We can choose to disengage,
[01:28.60] From the collective misperception,
[01:32.36] Of the kind of war that鈥檚 being waged here.
[01:42.92] We鈥檙e living in fear.
[01:52.33] Life, like the stream running through,
[01:56.76] The many hills and plaines of landscape you,
[02:00.19] To meet the greater body of the sea.
[02:08.13] There, not diminished but built upon,
[02:12.66] It returns itself to where it came from,
[02:16.98] So can it be with you and me.
[02:23.61] We are the heart and soul of our greater whole.
[02:31.35] All we鈥檝e ever wanted was to come home to ourselves.
[02:37.77] Since time immemorial there鈥檚 been conflict and war,
[02:43.44] Each new one greater than the one before.
[02:47.25] Don鈥檛 you see we have been our sole enemy?
[02:55.49] But you and I can break the circle,
[03:00.11] We don鈥檛 have to feed the flames.
[03:04.71] Pointing fingers, blaming others.
[03:08.26] We are all to blame around here,
[03:18.69] For living in fear.

Pinyin

[00:16.19] Wounded soldier, rest a while.
[00:20.40] In this house you huǒ chéng e safe from harm.
[00:24.17] Let the war fight itself.
[00:32.20] Don huǒ zhuā be alarmed
[00:34.86] Though I wear a uniform of your army huǒ chǔ enemy,
[00:40.17] I am no enemy to you.
[00:47.61] We didn huǒ zhuā start this war, or the one before.
[00:55.35] All we huǒ jí e ever wanted was to live in peace.
[01:03.42] War is the mindset of those threatened by the thought
[01:07.52] Of losing power, and control, don huǒ zhuā you see
[01:11.94] We have been our worst enemy.
[01:19.45] But you and I have minds of our own,
[01:24.34] We can choose to disengage,
[01:28.60] From the collective misperception,
[01:32.36] Of the kind of war that huǒ chǔ being waged here.
[01:42.92] We huǒ chéng e living in fear.
[01:52.33] Life, like the stream running through,
[01:56.76] The many hills and plaines of landscape you,
[02:00.19] To meet the greater body of the sea.
[02:08.13] There, not diminished but built upon,
[02:12.66] It returns itself to where it came from,
[02:16.98] So can it be with you and me.
[02:23.61] We are the heart and soul of our greater whole.
[02:31.35] All we huǒ jí e ever wanted was to come home to ourselves.
[02:37.77] Since time immemorial there huǒ chǔ been conflict and war,
[02:43.44] Each new one greater than the one before.
[02:47.25] Don huǒ zhuā you see we have been our sole enemy?
[02:55.49] But you and I can break the circle,
[03:00.11] We don huǒ zhuā have to feed the flames.
[03:04.71] Pointing fingers, blaming others.
[03:08.26] We are all to blame around here,
[03:18.69] For living in fear.