Day by day, year by year
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When I walk these streets
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I see how the ruins of this city
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Rise into houses again
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Yet many windows stay empty
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For many there was no return
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And about what was just now
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People today would rather not talk at all
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But I ask, I ask myself who we are
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We're us! We stand here!
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Divided, defeated and yet
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After all we're still alive
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We're us! We stand here!
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That can't be it yet
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No time to be sad
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We're us! We stand here!
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Risen from ruins, we thought
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We'd achieved a dream
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For 40 years we pulled together
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We turned ashes into gold
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Now everything's different again
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And what was before is worth nothing today
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Now we can have what we want
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But didn't we really want much more?
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And I ask, I ask myself where we stand
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We're us! We stand here!
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One again in one country
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Super rich and flat broke
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We're us! We stand here!
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They won't break us that fast
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No time to be bitter
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We're us! We stand here!
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Divided, defeated and yet
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After all we still exist
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And we'll survive it
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'Cause life has to go on
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It's just a bad streak
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We won't give up that quickly now