Movement I - War

[Verse 1]

Non nobis solum

Sed toti mundo nati

Toti mundo nati

Boys' choir

Non nobis solum

Sed toti mundo nati

[Chorus]

Ah, ah

(war, ah)

[Verse 2]

The air raid siren slices through

A night in 1942

A couple sheltering in the gloom

Know all too well this waiting room

For often they have in the past

Been huddled close against the blast

Of doodle bugs and bombs galore

They can't put up with any more

So it was that I was born

Into this world one summer morning

And breaking through this brand new day

I hear the sound of warning

[Chorus]

(war, ah)

[Verse 3]

Oh will it all end here?

Or is their future round the corner?

You'll be forgiven if you're down on your knees

What will it be what will it?

What will we be what will we?

What will we see what will we see?

They stay in darkness underground

Until they hear the all clear sound

And weary eyes will search the sky

For any sign of sunlight

For any sign of sunlight

[Chorus]

[Verse 4]

Mother and father holding their child

Not knowing what future magic lies inside

We open our hearts

You open the door

To peace and happiness for evermore

For us for evermore