Spirit Bird

Give it time, and we wonder why, do what we can, laugh, and we cry And we sleep in your dust because we've seen this all before Culture fades with tears and grace Leaving us stunned hollow with shame We have seen this all, seen this all before Many tribes of a modern kind, doing brand-new work same spirit by side Joining hearts and hands and ancestral twine, ancestral twine Many tribes of a modern kind, doing brand-new work same spirit by side Joining hearts and hands and ancestral twine, ancestral twine Slowly it fades Slowly we fade Slowly you fade Slowly you fade Spirit bird he creaks and groans She knows she has seen this all before She has seen this all before, she has Spirit bird he creaks and groans She knows she has seen this all before She has seen this all before, she has Slowly we fade Slowly it fades Slowly you fade Slowly it fades Slowly you fade Soldier on, soldier on my good countrymen Keep fighting for your culture now, keep fighting for your land I know it's been thousands of years and I feel your hurt And I know it's wrong and you feel You've been chained and broken and burned And those beautiful old people, those wise old souls Have been ground down for far too long By that spineless man, that greedy man, that heartless man Deceiving man, that government hand taking blood and land Taking blood and land and still they can But your dreaming and your warrior spirit lives on, and it is so, so, so strong In the earth, in the trees, in the rocks In the water, in your blood and in the air we breathe Soldier on, soldier on my good countrymen Keep fighting for your children now, keep fighting for your land Slowly you fade Slowly it fades Slowly it fades Slowly you fade Give it time, and we wonder why, do what we can, laugh, and we cry And we sleep in your dust because we've seen this all before