BREAKING THE SILENCE

Words and music by Loreena McKennitt

I hear some distant [bad word] 
heartbeat pulsing low
Is [bad word] from within
heartbeat I don't know
troubled heart knows no peace
dark and poisoned pool
Of liberty now lost
pawn, an oppressor's tool

Oh my heart be strong
And guide when eyes grow dim
When ears grow deaf with empty words
When I know there's life within

gunfire shatters silence
Where birds once sweetly sang
mother cradles a child now dead
Now death where life began

From the troubled heart of South Africa
Nicaragua 's festering sore
The turmoil on the streets of china
Death crying out for more

 [bad word] 

change is slow [bad word] 
My eyes can scarcely see
The rays of [bad word] streaming
Through the smoke of apathy

But oh my heart be strong
And guide when eyes grow dim
When ears grow deaf with empty words
When I know there's life within

May the spirit never die
Though a troubled heart feels pain
When this long winter is over
It will blossom once again