Cry of the Martyrs - Algiers

With the world to win behind us

Our hands shorn for all to see

They’ll till the dirt with our bodies to remind us

Of our defeat at Calvary

They’ll say our whole life is a locust

Disturbing their fractious peace

But it is they who mangle our horizons

Of our defeat at Calvary

But I see the light and I see the sea

Despite the future crashing down and closing over me

I got power over all my enemies

Listen to the martyrs cry for me

I see the light and I see the sea

The sun is going down but it won’t ease the burning

I’ve seen it written on the other side of history

Listen to the martyrs cry for me

With the world to win behind us

Our hands shorn for all to see

They’ll till the dirt with our bodies to remind us

Of our defeat at Calvary

They’ll say our whole life is a locust

Disturbing their fractious peace

But it is they who mangle our horizons

Of our defeat at Calvary

There are histories of violence

Reduce our memories to silence

Repressing all the stories of the unsung and unseen

Listen to the martyrs cry for me

I see the light and I see the sea

I’m ready for the spiral down

I’m waiting for perdition

But I can’t carry myself down to die in peace

Listen to the martyrs cry

With the world to win behind us

Our hands shorn for all to see

They’ll till the dirt with our bodies to remind us

Of our defeat at Calvary

They’ll say our whole life is a locust

Disturbing their fractious peace

But it is they who mangle our horizons

Of our defeat at Calvary