Breaking The Silence Lyrics - Loreena Mckennitt

A tribute to Amnesty International 

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 poolOf liberty now lost 

A pawn an oppressor's 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. 

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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 

A change is slow in coming 

My eyes can scarcely see 

The rays of hope come streaming 

Through the smoke of apathy 

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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 

Though a troubled heart feels pain 

When the long winter is over 

It will blossom once again