(English translation of French lyrics)

Verse 1
Once upon a hundred times
There was a disagreement between two kings
A whole ordeal
For glory.
The king said to the knights,
The knights in turn to the footmen,
"Off to war you go, for freedom
& peace!"

Chorus 1
And it's always,
Always the same ones,
Always the same ones who pay.
They have no voice,
They have no choice
Always the same ones who pay.

Verse 2
Once upon each time there was the peasants,
With their houses & children
Simply living
Till everything they built
Was destroyed
& they wondered why they paid the price

Verse 3
There was once a peasant with nothing left to loose
Enraged, he set off across the sea
He burned the fields of the enemy king
And in so doing hurt only other pawns like himself

Chorus 1
And it's always,
Always the same ones,
Always the same ones who pay.
They have no voice,
They have no choice
Always the same ones who pay.

Lead break

Chorus 2
The people,
The people pay,
The people pay again.
They have no voice,
They have no choice
So the people pay again.

Chorus 1
And it's always,
Always the same ones,
Always the same ones who pay.
They have no voice,
They have no choice
Always the same ones who pay.