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SKYDANCER - 2. The Lion Sleeps Tonight |
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2. THE LION SLEEPS TONIGHT
LOOKING THROUGH THE WILDERNESS OF YOU, I CANNOT CRY FOR EYE TO EYE, HEART TO HEART, WE WERE EQUALS AT THE START WALKING ON THE KNIFE-EDGE OF A SMILE, YOU STAND ALONE LOST IN THOUGHT, SILENT CHILD, STRANGELY BEAUTIFUL YET WILD
THE LION SLEEPS TONIGHT, WITH SHUTTERED EYES HE CANNOT SEE THE SHADOWS DANCING IN THE LIGHT BUT IN THE DARKNESS HE IS LONELY THE LION SLEEPS TONIGHT. HE IS NOT MASTER OF HIS SOLITUDE HE DREAMS OF TAKING FLIGHT TO WHERE THE LOST AWAKEN ONLY
BUT YOU AND I, WE'RE COMING HOME WE'RE STRONG AND WE BELONG TOGETHER SEE THE LION PROUD AND FREE
WHISPERING THROUGH THE MEMORY OF TIME, THERE IS A VOICE CRYING OUT DEEP WITHIN FOR THE MOMENT TO BEGIN BREATHING IN THE MUSIC OF YOUR THOUGHTS, YOU FIND THE WAY TO TURN THE TIME ROUND AND ROUND UNTIL WE ECHO WITH THE SOUND
THE LION SLEEPS TONIGHT. HE IS STILL RESTLESS, HE IS WANDERING THE PAIN IS DEEP AND BRIGHT WITHIN HIS EYES. HIS STRENGTH IS TAKEN. THE LION SLEEPS TONIGHT. HE LIVES TO SLEEP AS WE TO WAKE THERE IS NO BALM TO SOOTHE THE ACHING OF HIS FEAR. WHEN WILL HE WAKEN?
BUT YOU AND I CAN CHANGE THE WORLD. LET GO, AND WE WILL FLOW TOGETHER. SEE THE LION PROUD AND FREE
Music & Lyrics: Shirlie RodenThe Singing Earth Music Company Ltd.
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