Ave Maria
You whispered to Columbus,
Sail across the ocean, to a different land
You give the morning silence
Hold my moments in the palm of your hand
Resting in the eyes of mothers
Sleeping in the restless waters, knowing you can
Feel the hunger of a restless heart
When I lost my way in darkness,
Silent footsteps walked beside me
Made me go on
Night fell so hard upon me
A light in the horizon, like a gaze from beyond
So, my feet kept on walking,
All those distant voices talking
You followed me home
CHORUS:
Ave Maria, blessed be your song
River tearing down oppression
Rise with the people, sing us your theme
Statues cracking, dams bursting, times collapsing
Into your stream
Beat behind the heartbeat
Voice beneath the voices
Floating, it seems
You can hear the calling
Of a future world
Treads woven through existence
Hold the smallest creature
Into your dream
CHORUS:
Ave Maria, blessed be your song
Through our lack of devotion,
Through our drinking of poison
Through our big feet setting the wheels in motion
Through the wars you watch on your cable TV,
The clipping of wings, the meaning of me
Through the rain upholding
Through the first snow falling
Through the cocktails of ills
That they put in your pills
Butterflies rising, nations collapsing,
Your computer´s breaking
Through your soft heart aching
Through the longing for a deeper call
Through the fear that there´s nothings there at all
The hammer falling, your mother calling
Through the impossible dreams
To beginning of things!
CHORUS:
Ave Maria, blessed be your song
