Sat in the motherland, drinking a beer
Wondering what it means to be European
In the lap of violence, the silence of seas
Get me all on my knees

Duck through the pretty boys and broken down cars
Ignore the adverts so you know who you are
Soon you'll find empathy and friends you never dreamed you'd meet
Wait and see

It's my before and after
My before and after
Darkness turned to laughter
In Italy
In Sicily

All sandy beaches and panama hats
Where sat and talked of stones on the sand
And I was crippled over a girl
Somewhere else in the world

I saw the swallows sink in the heat
I saw the dirt that our nails are beneath
Saw every sorrow fall out of their beak
And the bay, clear as day

It's my before and after
My before and after
Darkness turned to laughter
In Italy
In Sicily

Lady of the manor, star of the sea
The disorder of your spirit is sacred to me
And there is not place that I'd rather be
Than here with you, now

It's my before and after
My before and after
Darkness turned to laughter
In Italy
In Sicily

Oh Oh Oh
Oh Oh Oh
Oh Oh Oh
Oh Oh Oh
Oh Oh Oh
Oh Oh Oh

Lay it on me now