English Lyrics

This Mountain

This is not an age of faith
This is not an age of miracles
We dont believe anything they say
We dont believe anything at all
But when December grabs you by the throat
Better look for something burning deep inside your coat

CHORUS:
From the top of this mountain
I can see Canaan
The blue of the vineyard
And the gold of the grain
Right across that river
Candles flicker
If I didnt know better
Id call it a dream

The walls of Jericho
And the walls of Jerusalem
Came tumbling down long ago
And they never got built again
Children in the rubble where the rocks and bullets whine
Old soldiers in the garden, shaking hands like its a crime

CHORUS

In the eyeless streets of Gaza,
In the shadow of the Golan Heights
In the fortress of Masada,
Through centuries of night
One light was always burning
Even when the fuel was gone
One light was always burning
and the light burns on

CHORUS

) 1995 Hugh Blumenfeld/Hydrogen Jukebox Music

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