With cooling rain and warming sun
  So long we lived here, disturbed by none
  In freedom, peace and harmony
  Like this it should forever be
  
  The forest was our generous host
  Until the day when we have lost
  All that life once meant for us
  
  It started long before
  In another time, another wood
  We heard about, but did not care
  How could we know how much we should
  Then dark clouds came upon our sky
  We raised our eyes and wondered why
  If only lion, eagle, ox and man
  Had changed the world as long as they still could
  
  Do you remember how it was before
  Will those times never come back
  Time never stands still
  Clouds in the sky
  It is too dark to see the sun
  Shine on me
  Clouds in the sky
  Sun, shine on me now
  
  Like a tempest they came over us
  With a thousand hands
  To take away in a minute
  What took a hundred years to build up
  They made us homeless, hopeless, helpless
  They built their city, showed no pity
  And as we run away
  Always one step behind
  We hear the sound of marching feet on burnt down ground
  
  Once we will be the ones that are free
  Will be the lords of the world
  Dreams will be unfurled
  If we unite and stand side by side
  We can survive
  Please let the sun shine on me
  Shine on me now
  
  And as we leave the tempest, we stare at all the strange shapes
  And we don't know, where our journey goes
  It is quiet in this dark land, so cold in this hard land
  No matter how we try, we cannot read the signs
  
  This place of misery lies far behind us now
  But still we walk on
  And as we lay down
  At night we still can hear
  The sound of marching feet on burnt down ground
  
  Do you remember how it was before
  Will those times never come back
  Why can't time stand still
  Clouds in the sky
  It is too dark to see the sun
  Shine on me
  Clouds in the sky
  Sun, shine on me now
  Shine on, let it shine on
  To another world