The Promise Lyrics

Yashimbawula! (the watchman's fire is burning) What happened to the diamonds in your eyes, What happened to the hunger for the day's chase? What happened to the electric smile Tha...Read Full Lyrics

Chorus Here we stand waiting on the plain Darkness has taken the last outpost of the day Somewhere gunships hunt their illusive prey And I know inside you feel the same way The sk...Read Full Lyrics

Third World Child Bits of songs and broken drums Are all he could recall So he spoke to me In a bastard tongue Carried on the silence of the guns "It's been a long long time since...Read Full Lyrics

Ngikhanyisele wedlozi lami Two humans on the run (repeat) The autumn leaves have trooped their colours Rumours of the battle to come Intelligence says you have departed But my hear...Read Full Lyrics

Wetholakele ngiyakuthanda Wetholakele ungiphoxa ngento eyodwa wetholakele (x2) (tholakele I love you tholakele But you upset me badly over one thing...) Wayifakelani idelela mawula...Read Full Lyrics

I nearly disappeared into the mouth of a crocodile I nearly touched the rain deep in the heaven on high I could have been a sad piece of news on the radio But you remembered me 'ca...Read Full Lyrics

Lomhlaba unzima, lomhlaba [this world is a harsh place, this world] Picture the end of a cycle Here's the fire from heaven There's a tired planeet closing down No more news at elev...Read Full Lyrics

Ubaba akalele (my father is not at peace) Ngahlangana nomfo' kasibiya izolo (I met up with sibiya yesterday) Wathi "we-jonathan, angiphathekile kahle mina (he said, "jonathan, I a...Read Full Lyrics

Carry him, carry him, onana Carry the spirit of unkosibomvu Wema man Carry the breath of the nation Find it into the summer's winds Wema man Remember him to his enemies Recall to t...Read Full Lyrics

Kuthi angihambe, ngihamba lekhaya, ngidlala isangoma (I felt I should go, I should leave this home and visit a diviner) -- hawu! Ayikho into enjalo madoda! (x2) (hey! This is a fra...Read Full Lyrics