Letra You Will Be Born de Jane Siberry original

One:> You will be born into a Strange and Desolate place

Two:> It will be called 'The Average Home'

Three:> The times will be Restless and full of Uncertainty.

Four:> It will be full of violence. The end of the century.

Five:> You will silently question this of your mother as you drink your milk, and you watch her move away

Six:> And there will be no answer

Seven:> You will begin the long process of shutting down

Eight:> Your countenance will reflect less light and later when you look at pictures of yourself

Nine:> You will wonder

Ten:> You will give up your backbone to the T.V. and you will accept a value system

Eleven:> Putting forth Lies and Hatred and Intolerance as acceptable in the name of Love

Twelve:> No one will step forward from the Shadows saying, 'Expect this. It's Part of the Path'

Thirteen:> You will discover Drugs and Alcohol

Fourteen:> And you will have a good time

Fifteen:> You will have a good time for a long, long time

Sixteen:> And you will have a good, good time for a long, long, oh way too long time

Seventeen:> And you will rush headlong towards your

Eighteen:> Bottom Line in an Instinctive attempt to Heal yourself

Nineteen:> You will finally go to AA to learn what you should have learned in Sunday School

Twenty:> And then you will give yourself permission to cry. And you will cry and cry

Twenty-One:> And your friends will move away nervously

Twenty-Two:> And you'll feel like a Fool

Twenty-Three:> And you will be alone,
and no one will step forward
from the Shadows saying
'The Journey Forward Includes Movement
Through Despair and Darkness'
And you will be gathering Strength
even if you don't understand
And certain words like LOVE and...
Integrity and Intensity
will be drawn into your Spine.

And Then One Day...

You will look up
And you will look over
You will look up
and you will look over
And you will get up
And you will go over
And You Will Turn Off the T.V....

Precious Candles
your Light is your own