One day I looked up and there you were, like a simple question looking for an answer. Now I am the whale listening to some inner call, swimming blindly
Hum mmm oh, hum mm oh yehum It's an illusion! Once again my wings on fire Flapping round your deadly flames Walking on the old high wire Trying to keep
Asimbonanga (We have not seen him) Asimbonang' uMandela thina (We have not seen Mandela) Laph'ekhona (In the place where he is) Laph'ehleli khona (In
Bayeza abafana bancane wema Bayeza abafana bancane wema Baphethe iqwasha, baphethe ibazooka Bathi sangena savuma thina, Lapha abazange bengena abazali
You are the rolling ocean You are the mighty sea You are the breath that brings each new day to me You are what you are, you are You be what you are,
Umfowethu uyahlupha Angazi impela ukuthi uqonda ukwenzani Umfowethu uyahlupha Ukhuluma izinto engingazazi Umfowethu uyahlupha Wenza sangathi uyaingingcokolela
Hawu baba ngashada intombi yami esikolweni emoliva Kwashunqa uthuli kwandlovu madoda silwela lobuhle Usipho wakipha izinkomo ezamalobolo ezinamasondo
Amambuka, amambuka azothengisa izwe lakithi, izwe lakithi He was taken in the night They came without any warning No time to hide or fight They came
It was a day or so ago I saw him run into the night And on his face, more than a trace Of wild fear in the eye He was haunted by a tragic dream Of people
You have to wash with the crocodile in the river You have to swim with the sharks in the sea You have to live with the crooked politician Trush those
You are a dreamer of dreams walking a lonely shore Dream if you will but remember there are iron laws However much you seek to solve this mystery No one
Here we stand on the edge of the day Faces melting in the african rain So many seasons of silent war So many drowned before they reached the shore Nothing
The world is full of strange behaviour Every man has to be his own saviour I know I can make it on my own if I try But I'm searching for a Great Heart
Something broke the place where the rain is bornb something stole the promise from the light of dawn people, people were everywhere struggling to get
Siyayibiza Ye! As'hambeni Hayi 'Ngane (We are calling: hey! let's go child of Yam ashangane the Shangaan) Oh the
Chorus: Asimbonanga (We have not seen him) Asimbonang' uMandela thina (We have not seen Mandela) Laph'ekhona (
Copper sun sinking low Scatterlings and fugitives Hooded eyes and weary brows Seek refuge in the night Chorus They are the scatterlings of Africa Each
Hawa Beke Mama Oye Hamba ugadile (be alert and be on guard) I feel a river in flood in my veins I can feel your love in my brain It wants
