Shout Sister

Neither Christian nor Indian I walk the meridian Of horizons that's hidden It's the wild blue-eyed child from the mission With hesitance the medicine men undid my baptism With a glass prism and some black liquid A dream that lasted for weeks Weakly she speaks sound through A fever of a thousand degrees "They come by the hundreds With thunder and trumpets To where your son sleeps" Take heed! I remember being in the field with Mary and Martha Til the breeze through the leaves of the trees Brought the screams of my father Through the reeds and the marshes I wander Farther! Slumbering underneath the broad-leaf tree Til the omen beckons me, threatening "Embark into the darkness Eat the honey from the lion's carcass Hearken the hearts of men to repent Show them the omens They'll know you were sent" So I went Shout, sister! Shout, sister! Shout, sister, shout! Yes indeed we must fly But not with our feet But with our hands - Join them with me, for now we must die With our heads bent in prayer Gaze towards the sky And if you must weep, weep with me Embrace me and cry I did not foresee all the omens I did not know That our time on this blessed Earth was running low I pray you'll remember all the things we've spoken On countless dark nights As we go now together, unbroken With my staff and my rod We'll find peace within I commit myself to God, leave my cause to him! As the flames lick our bodies They could tear us limb from limb Sisters, fix your gaze upwards! Feel no pain on your skin! End is nigh, my body is broken I go now into the night, to die Eyes and heart open Hold the cross high so through the flames I can see Oh my God, my life, it ends! Pray for me!