Blood in all the streets, running like a flood   There's no where to hide, no where that I can go   I reach out my hand, touching death itself   Just a holy day in Sarajevo      I can hear my heart, pounding like a clock   Hiding from the planes and from the bombing   Fire from the sky, burning down my life   There is no more love and no more longing      But when I close my eyes   I dream of peace   I dream of flowers on the hill   I dream I see my mother smiling   When I close my eyes   I dream of peace      Once I had a home, once my life was good   Once my mother sang to me and held me   Then the fire came, falling from the sky   There is no one left who can protect me      War's a wicked bird that never comes to rest   Feeding on the dreams of all the children   War's an evil bird flying in the dark   Every holy promise has been broken      But when I close my eyes   I dream of peace   I dream of flowers on the hill   I dream I see my mother smiling   When I close my eyes   I dream of peace      Can't you stop the war, bring it to a close   You are tall and strong and I am just a child   Can't we live in peace, stop the flowing blood   Make a blessed world where I can be a child      When you close your eyes   Do you dream of peace?   Do you dream of flowers on the hill?   Do you dream, you see your mother smiling   When you close your eyes   Do you dream of peace?      When you close your eyes   Do you dream of peace?   Do you dream of flowers on the hill?   Do you dream, you see your mother smiling   When you close your eyes   Do you dream of peace?      Open up your eyes and give us peace