Give it time and we wonder why
Do what we can, laugh and we cry
And we sleep in your dust because
We've seen this all before
Culture fades with tears and grace
Leaving us stunned hollow with shame
seen this all, seen this all before
Many tribes of a modern kind
doing brand new work same spirit by side
Joining hearts and hands and ancestral twine,
Many tribes of a modern kind
doing brand new work same spirit by side
Joining hearts and hands and ancestral twine,
Spirit bird she creaks and groans
She knows she has seen this all before
She has seen this all before, she has
Spirit bird she creaks and groans
She knows she has seen this all before
She has seen this all before, she has
on, soldier on my good countrymen
Keep fighting for your culture now
Keep fighting for your land
I know it's been thousands of years
and you feel you've been chained
And those beautiful old people
Have been ground down for far too long
Deceiving man, that government hand
Taking blood and land, taking blood and land
and your warrior spirit lives on
And it is so so so strong
In the earth, in the trees, in the rocks
In the water, in your blood
and in the air we breathe
Soldier on, soldier on my good countrymen
Keep fighting for your children now
Keep fighting for your land
