Breaking the Silence-Loreena McKennitt

[00:00.00]loreena mckennitt - breaking the silence [01:23.80] [01:28.80] [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 [01:54.15] [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 [02:17.35] [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 [02:40.34] [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 [03:03.20] [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 [03:26.38] [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 [03:48.95] [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 [04:34.62] [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 [04:58.28] [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 [05:21.41] [05:53.23] [06:21.71]end