Niels Brinck
Chanteur

Danois

once upon a time in Moscow
a heartbeat started in a mother
it was a beautiful moment when their paths crossed
mum and dad to be it was love

down in Kiev at the same time
another world but much the same
a father met a mother in a dancehall
singing and laughter pure love

his mum woke him up here's your oatmeal
come on son don't be late for school
five hundred miles away
Alexander experienced much the same

his dad told him kid don't just stand there
you'll be late for football get outta here
they were both nine not long ago
nine years later they were both called upon

two hearts born under the same sun
different tongues but the same song sung
should've been brothers side by side
but power and leadership drew the lines

one wore a badge red on his sleeve
taught to protect taught to believe
the other held fast to his father's land
fire in his heart and a gun in his hand

they met at dawn on a shattered street
Russian kid Ukrainian kid
their eyes met once through the smoke
but words were never what they spoke

they fired the bullets and the bullets flew
put holes in a friend they never knew
mums felt a sting in their hearts
two small worlds fell apart

Alexander learned kill or be killed
Nikolai was dead even before he fell
now the old fools keep singing on
while the young ones they don't come home
...the young ones they don't come home

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