[00:00.00]loreena mckennitt - breaking the silence
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[01:33.80]i hear some distant drumbeat
[01:39.27]a heartbeat pulsing low
[01:45.07]is it coming from within
[01:50.67]a heartbeat i dont know
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[01:56.54]a troubled heart knows no peace
[02:02.32]a dark and poisoned pool
[02:07.91]of liberty now lost
[02:13.62]a pawn an oppressors tool
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[02:19.56]oh my heart be strong
[02:25.02]and guide when eyes grow dim
[02:30.93]when ears grow deaf with empty words
[02:36.55]when i know theres life within
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[02:42.57]a gunfire shatters silence
[02:47.98]where birds once sweetly sang
[02:53.91]a mother cradles a child now dead
[02:59.43]now death where life began
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[03:05.55]from the troubled heart of south africa
[03:10.91]nicaraguas festering sore
[03:16.66]the turmoil on the streets of china
[03:22.39]death crying out for more
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[03:28.24]but oh my heart be strong
[03:33.80]and guide when eyes grow dim
[03:39.52]when ears grow deaf with empty words
[03:45.31]when i know theres life within
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[04:14.11]a change is slow in coming
[04:19.63]my eyes can scarcely see
[04:25.42]the rays of hope come streaming
[04:31.11]through the smoke of apathy
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[04:37.11]but oh my heart be strong
[04:42.56]and guide when eyes grow dim
[04:48.33]when ears grow deaf with empty words
[04:54.04]when i know theres life within
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[04:59.95]may the spirit never die
[05:05.56]though a troubled heart feels pain
[05:11.23]when this long winter is over
[05:17.00]it will blossom once again
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[06:21.71]end