Somewhere to the East
Where freezing winter winds blow
Behind a city wall
Call it Sarajevo
Two lovers wait together before the dawn
Behind that city wall
Trapped within the bedlam
This man and woman stand
A Serbian and a Muslim
Hiding in the shadows there
He whispers as he strokes her hair
Close your eyes my darling
Dream of days with brighter suns
Where hate will never find us
Close your eyes my darling
See the sand of distant shores
Where death is far behind us
Close your eyes my darling
And all the world will disappear
And all your fears will follow
Close your eyes sweet angel
We'll go on for evermore
And be far away tomorrow
Wait for the night to meet the day
For the light to light our way
For the light of chance to shine on us
Wait till snipers clean their guns
Or smile and turn away
Or dream of their own children
Wait for the right moment to come
Run like you've never run
Run like the hounds of hell are upon you
Wait are you afraid? Well so am I
Take my hand and we'll fly
Towards some better day
Go now run take my hand
We'll go on for evermore
Where hate will never find us
Go now run see the sand
Feel the warming of the sun
Where death is far behind us
Somewhere to the East
Where freezing winter winds blow
Beyond a city wall
Call it Sarajevo
Two lovers lie together in the mud
And beyond that city wall
Far beyond that country
Living our own lives
Sitting warm and safe we
Turn our backs on race attacks
And tell ourselves it couldn't happen here
Where freezing winter winds blow
Behind a city wall
Call it Sarajevo
Two lovers wait together before the dawn
Behind that city wall
Trapped within the bedlam
This man and woman stand
A Serbian and a Muslim
Hiding in the shadows there
He whispers as he strokes her hair
Close your eyes my darling
Dream of days with brighter suns
Where hate will never find us
Close your eyes my darling
See the sand of distant shores
Where death is far behind us
Close your eyes my darling
And all the world will disappear
And all your fears will follow
Close your eyes sweet angel
We'll go on for evermore
And be far away tomorrow
Wait for the night to meet the day
For the light to light our way
For the light of chance to shine on us
Wait till snipers clean their guns
Or smile and turn away
Or dream of their own children
Wait for the right moment to come
Run like you've never run
Run like the hounds of hell are upon you
Wait are you afraid? Well so am I
Take my hand and we'll fly
Towards some better day
Go now run take my hand
We'll go on for evermore
Where hate will never find us
Go now run see the sand
Feel the warming of the sun
Where death is far behind us
Somewhere to the East
Where freezing winter winds blow
Beyond a city wall
Call it Sarajevo
Two lovers lie together in the mud
And beyond that city wall
Far beyond that country
Living our own lives
Sitting warm and safe we
Turn our backs on race attacks
And tell ourselves it couldn't happen here
Contributed by Dead End - 2012/12/20 - 10:16
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Album “Mr Jeays”
This song is based on a true story from the Yugoslavian civil war. In 1993 a young couple from either side of the ethnic divide, one a Muslim, the other a Serbian, tried to escape from the city. Both were shot by snipers, and died in each other's arms, their bodies lying on the bridge where they fell for several days as the warring factions blamed eachother. They were dubbed the “Romeo & Juliet of Sarajevo” (Philip Jeays)
According to Dino Kapin, who was a Commander of a Croatian unit allied at the time with Bosnian Army forces, around 17:00 hours, a man and a woman were seen approaching the bridge. As soon as they were at the foot of the bridge, a shot was heard, and according to all sides involved in their passage, the bullet hit Boško Brkić and killed him instantaneously. Another shot was heard and the woman screamed, fell down wounded, but was not killed. She crawled over to her boyfriend, cuddled him, hugged him, and died. It was observed that she was alive for at least 15 minutes after the shooting. (en.wikipedia)