A nation divided by war forced to kill each other Tales written with blood, the blood of our fathers Felt the call of freedom, the anarchist brigades Pick up a gun to fight the fascist plagues Marching until Aragón and haunting door by door Hear grenades explosions crushing all the holes, so everyone's dead Soviet tanks spitting fire to the hole Piles of cadavers bleeding on the snow African army surrounding all the lines Phalangists cowards awaiting for the attack Ebro become the curse of war Long bloody battles, crossfire in the night Death and destruction is all they'll ever know Fighting on the ruins that they once called home And giving dead to enemies that they once called sibs For all that they was fight killing their own brothers Inevitable falling, they expected the worst Call of help that never was heard for no one Voluntaries retreat, republic was condemned Catalonia was the last bastion of them Few hard choices left, fight until death or die in exile The dream of freedom is crying tears of blood Brothers and sons fired against the wall Leading exile into the lion's den After crossing the freezing Pyrenees Dodging german bombers attacking from the sky Hunger, cold, diseases, nobody would survive Death and destruction is all they'll ever know Fighting on the ruins that they once called home Tales of blood Spilled between brothers Tales of blood Forced to kill each other Tales of blood By the fascist greed Tales of blood And we don't forget