Hotel Monbar

Ex-combatants from the Battle of Algiers
Are in charge of keeping the tense calm
While whispers fill the dense air
An old war song
An old war song
Have started playing again
Death tolls
At the Monbar Hotel
Death tolls
Four red puddles
Death tolls
Have started playing again
Death tolls
I shuddered
Who would pay for this?
A chill
Runs down my spine
Four red carnations
Remain in memory
And a cold sweat
Every time I tell the story
And a cold sweat
Every time I tell the story