When this is over

Is it back to normal?

To our frenzied life

Everyday, a gamble

They, the winners

Us, the losers

In the daily game of chance

Will we go back to this

When this is over?

Will we go back to this

When this is over?

 

When this is over

Are we going back to the familiar

Violent way of life

Full of fear and dread

Worry, our constant companion

From sunup to sundown

Is this what awaits us

when this is over?

Is this what awaits us

when this is over?

 

When this is over

We will emerge stronger

tread our own path, together

We will straighten wayward roads

shout out our calls

A better society

When this is over

A better society

When this is over.

 

We now know

What needs to be done

The many changes we need to make

Where do we start?

When should we begin?

Tomorrow, when we awake

We rise up

When this is over.

we rise up

When this is over.

 

We will rise up

When this is over

 

*English translation by Judy Pasimio with help from Jess and Daniw Santiago and J. Purugganan