Originally posted by Yogi Without the Holy cities
Where the ancient Holy scrolls
Where now emperor Menelik
And queen of Sheba's gold
Originally posted by Yogi
Souls bent over without the breeze
Blankets on burning trees
I'm sick without disease
No (?) on it's knees
Originally posted by Ali709[..]
I think that's Nobility on it's knees
Originally posted by djrlewisLyrics:
After many listens on headphones this is what I get. There's just a few alterations from Yogi's first post, but I'm pretty certain it's definitive.
Originally posted by YogiI tried to write down lyrics from Wave of Sorrow, but some parts I just cannot understand, so I need help with parts where you can see (?) or (-?)
Legend:
(?) - only one word missing
(-?) - I'm not sure about the whole sentence
Lyrics:
Heat haze rising
On hell's own hill
You wake up this morning
It took an act of will
You walk through the night
To get into day
To bring your children
To give them away
Oh, oh this cruel sun
Its daylight never dawn? or Is daylight never done
>>> It's daylight never done (is what I got out of it ?? but was hard to see the difference at first whether he was saying "it's" or "is" because of light glare from windows at that particular junction. I really needed light in front, not in back/sides creating glare that counteracts lipreading. I'm fairly confident he was saying ...never done..." at the end.)
Cruelty just begone
>>> Cruelty just begun ?? (what it looked like to me).
To make a shadow of everyone
And if the rain came
And if the rain came now
Souls bent over without a breeze
Blankets on burning trees
I'm sick without disease
Nobility on it's knees
And if the rain came
And if the rain came now
Would it wash us all away
On a wave of sorrow
Wave
On a wave of sorrow
Without the Holy cities
>>> looks to me he is saying "Without the holy, Holy cities..."
Where the ancient Holy scrolls
Where now emperor Menelik
And queen of Sheeba's gold
You my bride, you wear her crown
And on your finger precious stones
As every good thing now been sold
Son, of shepherd boy, now king
What wisdom can you bring
What lyric would you sing
Where is the music of the Serephine?
>>> I think it is spelled Seraphim
And if the rain came
And if the rain came now
Would it wash us all away
On a wave of sorrow
Wave
A wave of sorrow
Wave...
Blessed are the weak (meek?) scratching the dirt
>>> .... are the meek ...
But they shall inherit what's left of the Earth
Blessed all the kings that left their thrones
They're buried in the Valley of Dry Bones
Blessed all of you with an empty heart
You got nothing from which you can't part
Blessed is the ego
It's all we got this hour
Blessed is the voice that speaks truth, truth speaks to power
Blessed is the sex worker who sold her body tonight
You had used what you got
To save your children's life
Blessed are you, the deaf cannot hear your scream (-?)
Blessed are the stupid who can dream
Blessed are the tin can cardboard slums
Blessed is the spirit that overcomes
