Wave of Sorrow by Bono

Check out Bono's interview about this song about Ethiopia: You can find it on the Music and Video page. Heat haze rising ~ On hell's own hill ~ You wake up this morning ~ It took an act of will ~ You walk through the night ~ To get into day ~ To bring your children ~ To give them away ~ Oh, oh this cruel sun ~ Its daylight never dawn ~ Cruelty just begone ~ To make a shadow of everyone ~ And if the rain came ~ And if the rain came now ~ Souls bent over without a breeze ~ Blankets on burning trees ~ I'm sick without disease ~ Nobility on it's knees ~ And if the rain came ~ And if the rain came now ~ Would it wash us all away ~ On a wave of sorrow ~ Wave ~ On a wave of sorrow ~ Without the Holy cities ~ Where the ancient Holy scrolls ~ Where now emperor Menelik ~ And queen of Sheeba's gold ~ You my bride, you wear her crown ~ And on your finger precious stones ~ As every good thing now been sold ~ Son, of shepherd boy, now king ~ What wisdom can you bring ~ What lyric would you sing ~ Where is the music of the Serephine? ~ And if the rain came ~ And if the rain came now ~ Would it wash us all away ~ On a wave of sorrow ~ Wave ~ A wave of sorrow ~ Wave... ~ Blessed are the meek scratching the dirt ~ But they shall inherit what's left of the Earth ~ Blessed all the kings that left their thrones ~ They're buried in the Valley of Dry Bones ~ Blessed all of you with an empty heart ~ You got nothing from which you can't part ~ Blessed is the ego ~ It's all we got this hour ~ Blessed is the voice that speaks truth, truth speaks to power ~ Blessed is the sex worker who sold her body tonight ~ You had used what you got ~ To save your children's life ~ Blessed are you, the deaf cannot hear your scream ~ Blessed are the stupid who can dream ~ Blessed are the tin can cardboard slums ~ Blessed is the spirit that overcomes ~