Lain
a stands
on the edge of the crater and that past
Heavier than her faith, larger than her rage
Elena has green eyes, she's born in
Mexico
Conceived on the run, between
Jaffa and the sun
And
Poland and
Cyprus,
Thailand and
Cuba
On boats like the
Exodus, her mother was called
Luba
She was running for her life
in a decade of fear
When
Lena was born, they arrived at the pier
Lena stands on the edge of the
crater
Emptier than her faith
Emptier than her faith
And her laughter survives
It's loud and it's bitter,
it's freeing the blame
Five times she changed her name
Life's good for a while,
but just for a while
Till the needles get sharper
and thicker than nails
The throat tightens up and
the mu sic fails
They've al ways been there
They won't give her those stories of
barracks and trains and trucks
And
Lena stands on the edge of
the crater of that past
Emptier than her faith and
larger than her rage
Reaching larger than a ray
Emptier than a phase
Hey, couple heroes
Sing a song for
Lena
Play your beautiful guitar
Lighten up her spirit
Maybe she can hear it
Maybe she can hear it
Maybe
In
Mexico, the air is thin, the smell of sewage,
voices of working kids
Everything's for sale, like in
Madrid, justice doesn't take place
Money floats in channels as long
as the earth doesn't shake
Please don't, don't move
It's school time and the angel moves
But at night time,
the demons come
And
Reno stands on the edge
Of the crater of that past
Emp tier than a phase
Larger than a rage
And larger than a rage
Emptier than her faith
Lar ger than her rage
Emptier than her faith