Hourglass: Tears in Wounded Knee şarkı sözleri

The wind blew free across the Dakota plains Before the iron cut the earth, before the final chains They came with crosses, paper, and the shine of cold steel Promising a peace that time would soon unseal As long as the grass grows and the rivers flow Said the voices of men who had nowhere to go So, bury my heart at the bend of the stream Where the blood turned to ice and dissolved the dream Don't take me to the East, where the soul is leaden and gray Leave my spirit where the people were taken away Wounded Knee is the scar that time refuses to mend Where the hope of a nation met its bitter end We walked the trails of tears under a leaden Sun Watching the buffalo fall till there were none Cochise, Geronimo, Crazy Horse, and Sitting Bull Names the dust of history tried to keep dull They gave us reservations, fences, and a hollow hand But you cannot put shackles on the spirit of the land They signed the treaties with hands that felt no shame They lied at the council in the Great Father's name What is a border to those born of the horizon's light? What is gold compared to the water's sacred right? The gunpowder spoke louder than honor or grace And Civilization became the death of a race Now the asphalt covers what was once holy ground But on moonlit nights, the past is the only sound The cry of Sand Creek still echoes through the canyon walls The Ghost Dance lingers where the shadow falls We were not defeated, we were only pushed aside Into names of rivers where the ancient spirits hide Bury my heart at the bend of the stream Where the blood turned to ice and dissolved the dream Don't take me to the East, where the soul is leaden and gray Leave my spirit where the people were taken away Wounded Knee is the scar that time refuses to mend Where the hope of a nation met its bitter end Bury my heart At the river's bend Where the grass still tries to grow Where the river still tries to flow