Loreena
McKennitt
-
Breaking
The
Silence
Music
and
lyrics
by
Loreena
McKennitt
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
pool
Of
liberty
now
lost
A
pawn
an
oppressors
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
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
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
A
change
is
slow
in
coming
My
eyes
can
sca
