Song of the Dispossessed Lyrics

The song Song of the Dispossessed is performed by Dead Can Dance in the album named Spiritchaser in the year 2008 .



The river is deep and the road is long
Daylight comes and I want to go home

Awoke this morning to find my people's tongues were tied
(Amen)
And in my dreams they were given books to poison their minds
(Amen)

The river is deep and the mountain high
How long before the other side

We are their mortar, their building bricks and their clay
(Amen)
Their gold teeth mirror both our joys and our pain
(Amen)

The river is deep and the ocean wide
Who will show us how to read the signs

The earth is our mother she taught us to embrace the light
(Amen)
Now the Lord is master She suffers an eternal night
(Amen)
I say

You blocked up my ears
You plucked out my eyes
You cut out my tongue
You fed me with lies, oh Lord

Oh Lord
Oh Lord
Oh Lord



Dead Can Dance - Spiritchaser

Nov 2008

  1. Nierika
  2. Song of the Stars
  3. Indus
  4. Song of the Dispossessed
  5. Dedicace Outo
  6. Snake and the Moon
  7. Song of the Nile
  8. Devorzhum

Song of the Dispossessed