Intro
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The plaza in the village
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Where mission bells used to ring
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Is now crumbled to a pile of stench and ruin
Even the swallows have vanished
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no longer return in the spring
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All the blossoms are buried ,'neath the waste
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Out of the shadows grow hatred
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Along the corridor crawls fear
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Crushed by the promise of hope
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That never returned
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Watched with a hawk's trained eye
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Trees grow silent fruit
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'neath a suffering sky
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Those who have stayed, keep a flame
In memory of the fallen
And pass on the old rites despite the risk
But many more have left here
On mended broken wings
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Turning to see your reaction
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E tear drop fills your eye
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But you protest not to give up as give in
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Heading straight for the wreckage
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Picking up a shovel and a hoe
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Start putting back the bricks one by one
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Numbers come out of the woodwork
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Curious to see the rebirth
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Above the swollen clouds
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Em Bm G D Am
E strange sound fills the air
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E silence never heard
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Falling like blessed rain
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And the swallows return