From the recording Through the Fertile Crescent
Lyrics
ON A TIGER WE WILL RIDE
ALONG THE EUPHRATES RIVER
A JOURNEY NOT FOR THE
ILL FATED WITH GREED IN THEIR EYES
WE WILL NOT BE AFRAID
OF HUMBABA WHO GUARDS THE FOREST
WE ARE NOT YOUR WHORES
TO FIGHT FOR YOUR PRIDE
GREED CAUSED THIS HOSTILITY
POISONING ALL OF OUR RIVERS
OUR TONGUES TOO VICIOUS
TO SWALLOW YOUR POISONOUS LIES
IT BREEDS UNWANTED IGNORANCE
TRYING TO HOLD THE SWITCH OF OUR LIVES
THEY HUNGER FOR OUR GOLD AND JEWELS
WHY HAS IT COME TO THIS
THE YOUNG MASTER HOLDS UP HIS FIST
DO THEY HAVE TO OWN EVERYONE, EVERYTHING
WHEN THEY HAVE ALREADY SOLD THEIR SOUL
ENTER INTO THE VISION OF PEACE AND LOVE
IMAGINE A LIFE WITHOUT BOMBS
ENTER INTO THE VISION OF PEACE AND LOVE
IMAGINE A LIFE WITHOUT GUNS
WITH OUR GOLDEN ARROWS
WE STAND HERE NOT ALONE
THE FIELD OF FLOWERS
STAND TALL AND PROUD
EMBRACING THE SUN
AS HE PEERS OUT FROM BEHIND THE CLOUDS
SHADOWS ARE CAST OUT
OUT OF YOUR POISONED LULLABIES
THEY HUNGER FOR OUR GOLD AND JEWELS
WHY HAS IT COME TO THIS
THE YOUNG MASTER HOLDS UP HIS FIST
DO THEY HAVE TO OWN EVERYONE, EVERYTHING
WHEN THEY HAVE ALREADY SOLD THEIR SOUL