Weeping - Vusi Mahlasela
I knew a man who lived in fear
It was huge it was angry it was drawing near
Behind his house a secret place
Was the shadow of a demo
He could never face
He built a wall of steel and flame
And men with guns to keep it tame
And standing back he made it plain
That the nightmare would never ever rise again
But the fear and the fire and the guns remain
It doesn't matter now it's over anyhow
He tells the world that it's sleeping
But as the night came around
I heard its lonely sound
It wasn't roaring it was weeping
It wasn't roaring it was weeping
It was
And then one day
The neighbors came
They were curious to know about
The smoke and flame
They stood around outside the wall
But of course there was nothing
To be heard at all
My friends he said we've reached our goal
The threat is under firm control
As long as peace and order reign
I'll be damned if I can see a reason to explain
Why the fear and the fire
And the guns remain
It doesn't matter now it's over anyhow
He tells the world that it's sleeping
But as the night came around
I heard its lonely sound
It wasn't roaring it was weeping
It wasn't roaring it was weeping
Say ah say ah say ah
Say ah say ah say ah
Say ah say ah say ah
Say ah say ah say ah
It doesn't matter now it's over anyhow
He tells the world that it's sleeping
But as the night came around
I heard its lonely sound
It wasn't roaring it was weeping
It wasn't roaring it was weeping
It wasn't roaring it was weeping
It wasn't roaring it was weeping
It wasn't roaring it was weeping
It wasn't roaring it was weeping
It wasn't roaring it was weeping
It wasn't roaring it was weeping
It wasn't roaring it was weeping
