Breaking the Silence

Breaking the Silence Lyrics

Music and Lyrics by Loreena McKennitt
I hear some distant drumbeat
A heartbeat pulsing low
Is it coming from within
A heartbeat I don't know
A troubled heart knows no peace
A dark and poisoned pool
Of liberty now lost
A pawn an oppressors 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
A gunfire shatters silence
Where birds once sweetly sang
A 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
Chorus
A change is slow in coming
My eyes can scarcely see
The rays of hope come 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
Through a troubled heart feels pain
When this long winter is over
It will blossom once again
A tribute to Amnesty International
L.M.: Keyboards, Ukalin, Whistle
BRIAN HUGHES: Guitars
SHELLY BERGER: Bass, Pzud
GEORGE KOLLER: Tamboura
RICK LAZAR: Udu Drum, Congas
Co-produced by L.M. and Brian Hughes.
Mixed by John Whynot at Metal Works, Toronto