SINGING OUR WAY HOME (feat. Leah Manaema Avene)

if I had a poem that could draw to the surface

all of this yearning around and between us

if I had a song that could bridge this canyon

of misunderstanding of the lands we are held in

if I had the stories of the old ones before me

whose lands I feel faintly but whispers sing loudly

then I'd feel home

then I'd be home

we are all walking home

singing our way home

if I had the rhythm of the sun moon and mountains

of the stars and my teanga from the tongues of my ancients

if I had the knowing in my hips that keep moving

in time with something that has always been seeding

if I had a lesson that could offer protection

both medicine and weapon to clear the path we are walking

then I'd feel home

then I'd be home

we are all walking home

singing our way home

then I'd feel home

then I'd be home

we are all walking home

singing our way home