Heat, Dust And Dreams

Sweat in the heat for days on end
Waiting for you to come again
To hear the words spill from your lips
"the system has fallen"

Mass action on the radio
Like a great river ebbs and flows
Carrying us to the final close
When the system has fallen

I know that you are tired and weary
Seen too much to believe any more
But we have to keep moving down that long road
If we want to reach that far shore.

Chorus:
We're on our way home to find our freedom
And i'm on my way home to find you my friend
Where we can stand in the light of the people
And breathe life into the land again.
Siyathemba, siyathemba kuwena nkosi
Sizo fika ema khaya
[we are still hoping and we still believe
We wil reach our final destination]

Hey! you! if you dance in the shadows
The shadows will cover you
And paralyse all the hope in your eyes
That you'll need to bring you shining through
Could you believe that i am your brother?
Could you believe that i am your friend?
And although i don't speak the language you speak
We could be closer than you have ever dreamt.

Chorus....

Ngizobeka phansi uku zondana kwami
[i will put down my hatred]
Ngizobeka phansi izenzo zegazi
[i will lay down my acts of revenge]
Ngizoxolelana nezitha zami wemadoda
[i will forgive my enemies]
Sizofika emakhaya
[and will reach our homes]
I'm on my way, on my way, on my way
To find you my friend.

(for dudu)

Through all the days that eat away
At every breath that i take
Through all the nights i've lain alone
In someone else's dream, awake
All the words in truth we have spoken
That the wind has blown away
It's only you that remains with me
Clear as the light of day

Chorus: o siyeza, o siyeza , sizofika webaba noma
(we are coming, we are coming, we will arrive soon)
O siyeza, o siyeza, siyagudle lomhlaba
(we are coming, we are coming, we are moving across this earth)
Siyawela lapheshaya lulezontaba ezimnyama
(we are crossing over those dark mountains)
Lapha sobheka phansi konke ukhulupheka
(where we will lay down our troubles)

A punch drunk man in a downtown bar
Takes a beating without making a sound
Through swollen eyes he sways and smiles
'cause noone can put him down
Inside of him a boy looks up to his father
For a sign or an approving eye
Oh, it's funny how those once so close and now gone
Can still so affect our lives

Chorus

Take me now, hold me close
Don't let go, i'm coming home

Chorus

Yashimbawula! (the watchman's fire is burning)

What happened to the diamonds in your eyes,
What happened to the hunger for the day's chase?
What happened to the electric smile
That danced across your face
We used to talk about changing the world
Now all you want to do is change your name
Come on baby don't surrender now
To the empty heart of these days.
We used to talk so deep into the night
You had the heart of a wild horse running
You bared your soul to me
And we both knew these days were coming

Chorus:
These days -- blood in the heavens
These days -- fire and ice
These days -- burning streets and visions
These days -- of the loveless child

Yashimbawula!

You were the reason i came here
You will always be the one i am looking for
I can't stand to see the way
These days are pushing you against the wall
Got to get up, got to move out
Face the tide beyond the door
Outside there's a whole world changing
We can't stand here, trapped inside
Let's step out and test the weazther
Hang on baby, it's going to ge a rough ride thru'

Chorus

These days -- searching for a vision
These days -- gun metal blue
These days -- changing my religion
These days -- heartless and cruel

Say the words and fill my sails
I will love you through the coming gale
We'll get through the darkest heart of these days

"it's killing time"
Who will watch the watchers?
Who will keep the keepers?
Who will love the lovers -- could you?

Chorus....

Waqamb' amanga mus' ukuqamb' amanga
[you were lying, do not tell lies]
Wangi qambela amanga ufuna ukungilahlisa
Ithemba lami wemame!
[you told lies, trying to mislead me,
So that i would give up my faith and hope.]
Washo njalo! wathi ikusasa lethu
Selimnyama hawu wasi qambela amanga
[that is what you said -- you said that our future is hopeless,
Our tomorrow is bleak, you were lying,
Trying to mislead us]
Ngeke sivuma -- ngeke silahla itemba
[no can do! we will never relinquish our faith]


Chorus:
Kuzulonga ukuthi nini? asazi!
[everything will be all right --
It's just when this will be, we cannot know]
Kuzolonga wena 'mngane wami
[everything will come right, i tell you friend]]
Masuku lahla ithemba lakho
[do not throw away your hope]
Mina ngapha wena ngapha sizoyi bamba
[me holding on one side, you holding on the other side
Together we will pull through]
Thina nawe, thina nawe
[you and me, you and me]

Umoya wami onakele
[my spirits are down]
Wena wemtaka antie hawu wangi shayisa uvalo
[i say to you child of my aunt, you have caused me great fear]
Washo njalo! wathi ikusasa lethu
Selimnyama hawu wasi qambela amanga
[you told lies, trying to mislead me,
So that i would give up my faith and hope.]
Washo njalo! wathi ikusasa lethu
Selimnyama hawu wasi qambela amanga
[that is what you said -- you said that our future is hopeless,
Our tomorrow is bleak, you were lying,
Trying to mislead us]
Ngeke sivuma -- ngeke silahla itemba
[no can do! we will never relinquish our faith]

Chorus:
Kuzulonga ukuthi nini? asazi!
[everything will be all right --
It's just when this will be, we cannot know]
Kuzolonga wena 'mngane wami
[everything will come right, i tell you friend]

Kuzolonga 'mngane wami ngiyakutshela
[it will be all right my friend, i'm telling you]
Woza wesibindi! uyaphilisa uyabulala
[come true courage, for it is you who gives
Life and takes it away
Mina ngapha -- wena ngapha sizoyibamba
[me on this side, you on the other,
We will hold it together]
Ungalalleli law' amanga 'mngane wami
[don't listen to the lies of my compatriot]
Oh sizobahlula thina nawa
[we will be victorious in the end, just you and me]
Oh thina nama
[just you and me]

I saw the berlin wall fall
I saw mandela walk free
I saw a dream whose time has come
Change my history -- so keep on dreaming

Deam on dreamer, dreamer

In the best of times and in the worst of times
Gotta keep looking at the skyline
Not at a hole in the road
Your time will come, sister, your time will come
Nobody's gonna rush history, we have to ease it along
-- just ease it along

Chopper standing in the clearing, fuelled and ready to ride
Captain in the doorway, telling us to step inside
Last minute check, all weapons set
Parachute and right sight
Going to drop in on the jungle
And grease some stone age tribe
The 'sarge jokes about taking out the last link
To his troubled past
As we hit the canopy. i feel a shadow across my heart

Chorus:
Inevitable consequence of progress --
Is what he said to me
Inevitable consequence of progress --
In the judgement of history
Inevitable consequence of progress --
Going to change your destiny
And i felt the sun, sun, sun, the son, son, son
Going down on me

The pilot pulled the chopper around
And we got into position
We made all the right moves and
There wasn't any real opposition
Crazy tribesmen shooting arrows at the 'ship overhead
Such a wierd spectacle
The 'sarge he smiled and he said
"there's a new world coming and
There ain't no place for them--
Don't feel sad son for what history has condemned."

Inevitable consequence of progress --
Is what he said to me
Inevitable consequence of progress --
In the judgement of history
Inevitable consequence of progress --
Going to change your destiny
And i felt the sun, sun, sun, the son, son, son
Had gone down on me

Bridge:
I've been waiting for the clouds to clear
I've been waiting for the dawn
I've been waiting for the fear to subside
And for the sun to make me warm again

"live and let live" -- step into real life,
Step into the lifeline boy

I don't want to be a tourist in your heart
I don't want to visit someone else's ruins
Don't want a day trip to the feelings in the dark
Don't want a quick-fix honeymoon

Bridge:
We need: emotional allegiance, devotional love
A living promise like in the story of ram

Chorus:
Raghupati raghava raja ram
Patite pavana sita ram
Stand be me -- feel the sun
Emotional allegiance -- divine love

There's a change in the weather
And a hole in the sky
Snow in the summer
And the rivers run dry
Who will guard your fragile dreams of rain
When your heart is tired of daytrippers
And nobody stays....

Bridge:
We need: emotional allegiance, devotional love
A living promise like in the story of ram

Chorus...