“Mother of the Long War” isn’t about an era, an empire, a country, a political party. It doesn’t tell one woman’s story; it asks us to bear witness to the emotional burden that women have carried for millennia. She is not a victim of one war; she is a witness to all wars. She tells us that she has always been there. She cannot leave until the wars end. She will not be silenced. As long as wars devastate us all, her stories will never leave us.

Verse
I’ve stood on the edge of each battle
Since the very dawn of man
The sons I’ve buried are counted
As you’d try to count grains of sand

Chorus
I’m a widow, a childless mother
A sister, a daughter, a friend
I’ve stood by too many gravesides
And still the wars never end

Verse
I’ve died by the sword and by cannons
While tending the fires at home
With never a weapon, I’ve perished
Just left there to die all alone

Chorus
I’m a victim, collateral damage
Like my daughters who died as I cried
We’re destined forever to perish
In wars that others decide

Verse
I’m the one who carries the horrors
The grief of all mothers through time
I’m the one who cried every teardrop
In wars that never were mine

Bridge
I’ve been silenced by kings and by tyrants
Forgotten in stories of war
I’ve watched every empire crumble
And carried the weight evermore
I hold the memories of ages
And sorrows no record can store

Outro
They tried to erase my heartache 
But I rise from the ashes once more
I’m still here, standing tall, still a witness
To all history now and before
And so I’ll be here till the end 
I am the mother of the long war