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This song is to honour the Tibet people in their struggles and tells the story of a young boy's journey to safety against incredible odds.

lyrics

Over the mountains you walk
through the frostbite and the fear
into the garden unseen
wishing for home, praying
you wait for calm
for mother and motherland unbound

CHORUS
Child of the temple
keep the candle burning in your soul
child of the temple
make safe your journey through the storm

After the rainfall soaking
you cry into the lotus
your sweet despair remains unheard
and in the morning, hoping
for some solution
unanswered prayers and songs unsung

60 years of torture in a prison cell
60 years of murder in a living hell

The Chinese army's blotted out - Kali's wrath unleashed
wrenching soldiers from the ranks and sweeping all from the path.
Durga has joined the fray and swirled up generals are flung into their pit of hell
A flash of lurid light reveals on every side a thousand thousand shades of death begrimed and black
scattering plagues and sorrows, dancing mad with joy - come, Mother, come!
For terror is thy name and death is in they breath, and every shaking step destroys their world forever
Kali, the All-Destroyer! Come, O Mother come!
Who dares transgress love and hug the form of death,
dance in destruction's dance
for them the Mother comes for them the Mother comes
Kali Kali Kali...

credits

from Live @ Sonic Rock Solstice 2011, released December 1, 2011
Words: Jackie Juno (the last section adapted from the poem 'Kali the Mother' by Vivekananda)
Music: B Abbott & tIOCoT

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