Woven Birds Lyrics - Calexico

The plaza in the village 

where mission bells used to ring 

is now crumbled to a pile of stench and ruin 

even the swallows have spring 

all the blossoms are burried 

'neath the waste 

out of the shadows grow hatred 

along the corrider crawls fear 

crushed by the promise of hope 

that never returned 

watched with a hawk's trained eye 

trees grow silent fruit 

'neath a suffering sky 

those who have stayed, keep a flame 

in memory of the fallen 

and pass on the old rites despite the risk 

but many more have left here 

on mended broken wings 

turning to see your reaction 

a tear drop fills your eye 

but you protest not to give up as give in 

heading straight for the wreckage 

picking up a shovel and a hoe 

start putting back the bricks one by one 

numbers come out of the woodwork 

corious to see the rebirth 

above the swollen clouds 

a strange sound fills the air 

a silence never heard 

falling like blessed rain 

and the swallows return 

as the mission bells ring 

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