I Am Songtext
von Simon Nicol

I am the womb, the mother of many
A father of nations, of princes and queens
I am the myth of magic and gold
But we existed and we resisted
I am the spear that once reared for blood
I was ruthless, I was red, the battles were hard
Now I′m harps and high crosses, a thousand clichés
Chariots and champions, pictures and plays
I am the voice, the language of nations
Of lost generations all worn away
I am what's left of all that is saved
I am the hope and I am the grave
The seas rush in and I feel the hand
That turns rock into stones and stones into sand
I am the bones, the grave of the warrior


Chambers and villages buried in clay
But I am the life, the breath on the air
And I am the living that someone is killing
I knew the stars and I knew their number
We had the science, a vision of light
We played our music and we sang our songs
We had the rhythm that history had given
Forests burn and the seas run dry
You′d save the whale if you could, but you let us die
I am the womb, the mother of many
A father of nations, of princes and queens
I am a tear the sun lets fall
I am the hawk and the talk of it all
I am worn away, sand from the stone
Flesh to the blood and blood to the bone