Darkness and Trees (Reprise)

Finally, out of the darkness, my bus arrives at

The Salvation Army camp

KATI YA GIZA

We pass through a large gate and the bus pulls to a stop

And through the windows -out there in the darkness-

We see all these people coming out of the buildings

GHAFLA MWANGAZA

We rarely use them, but everyone's dusted off their

Salvation Army uniforms to welcome these people

There are soldiers everywhere

PANDE ZOTE SISI

The man at the front opens the door

I say, "Here you are, out you go"

But he doesn't understand

And he's not getting off

None of them are

GIZA NA MITI

But then I notice his wife when she's clutching a bible

Now, obviously I can't read It

But their bible, it'll have the same number system ours does

So I ask to see it

And I'm searching for something and then

In Philippians 4:6

I give 'em their bible and I'm pointing, saying,

Look! Philippians 4:6

Be Anxious for nothing

Be anxious for nothing

And that's how we started speaking the same language

KATI YA GIZA

(Out of the darkness)

GHAFLA MWANGAZA

(Suddenly brightness)

MA-BADILIKO

(Everything changes)

GIZA NA MITI

(Darkness and trees)

KATI YA GIZA

(Out of the darkness)

MA-BADILIKO

(Suddenly light)