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Retour PRIERES SPORTIVES
ONE HUNDRED DAYS From Athens to Armenia, Sparta to Megara They laid down their weapons of war They summoned all the heroes, called them from the slaughter Told them they’d be warriors no more. They swore the sacred treaty, truce between the nations And laid down their weapons of war Some say it was seven days, others counted fifty But for now they would be warriors no more. From Elis to Olympia they lit the fire, they raised the flame And laid down their weapons of war People unto people came, players in the human game, Universal voices said No More They said No More. From Asia and Australia, America and Africa Champions are gathered on our shore We honour all the heroes, welcome them as neighbours Tell them they’ll be strangers no more. From twenty-seven centuries, we hear the call to unity As champions are gathered on our shore For the children of our children, down the generations Tell them they’ll be strangers no more. From London to humanity we light the fire, we raise the flame As champions are gathered on our shore One hundred days of amnesty, peace shall be the legacy Universal voices say No More We say No More. By Matthew Plant and Jay Stannard |