Sarah Brightman - The war is over

Heaven is calling
From a rainy shore
Counting wounded lights falling
Into their dreams
Still searching for an open door

In morning dew
A glorious scene came through
Like war is over now
I feel I'm coming home again

Pure moments of thought
In the meaning of love
This war is over now
I feel I'm coming home again

An arrow of freedom
Is piercing my heart
Breaking chains of emotion
Give a moment to pray
Lost innocence to find its way

Fields of sensation
A cry in the dark
Hope is on the horizon
With a reason to stay
And living for a brand new day

In morning dew
A glorious scene came through
Like war is over now
I feel I'm coming home again

Pure moments of thought
In the meaning of love
This war is over now
I feel I'm coming home again

Salaam Allah alad donia alal'insaan
Ah, ah o ah
Mata nahia behob ou aman
Salaam Allah, Salaam Allah
Salaam Allah alad donia alal'insaan

In morning dew
A glorious scene came through
Like war is over now
I feel I'm coming home again

Pure moments of thought
In the meaning of love
This war is over now
I feel I'm coming home again
To you

Music: Kristian Draude, Patrick Benzner
Lyrics: Kristian Draude, Patrick Benzner, Sarah Brightman
Arabian lyrics: Kareem Al Iraqi, sung by Kadim Al Sahir
Solo violin: Nigel Kennedy

From: Harem (2003)
and from: Live from Las Vegas (2004).

Source of the lyrics: thanks to Christian Colding and Attila, with corrections by me, Stephen Coronis and Mark Bliss.
Mark also provided the detailed credits of music and lyrics.
Many thanks to Hisham Qaddomi for the Arabian words, which are sung by Kadim Al Sahir. Above these lines, written in italics, are given in an English transcription. Hisham also provided an image with the words in written in Arabic and a translation into English:

God salute and bless the life and the humans Ah, ah ou ah When will we live in love and safety God salute, God salute God salute and bless the life and the humans

 

Note: Bashar Barrishi writes the translating "salam" as "salute", as is done above, is possible, but in this case it means "peace" in this context. When reading the translation "salute" feels better to me than "peace", so for now I keep "salute".

In an article from EMI Canada it says:

The luminous "The War Is Over" - a song that embraces an end to the conflicts in love - eloquently brings Sarah Brightman together with the Iraqi singer Kadim Al Sahir, as well as the classical violin virtuoso Kennedy. "We asked Kadim to do this song with me because we knew of his voice," Brightman says. "When he came into the studio, we didn't know what he would do. I told him, 'Just do anything, feel like you're flying over the melody.' So he just started, and it was beautiful. That was the take we used."

 
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created: 4 May 2003
last modified: 19 May 2011