[00:11.49]And the place was burning[00:12.03]Where once my cradle stood[00:12.60]Memories still yearning[00:17.43]For what my childhood took[00:18.15]In peaceful shelter I may rest[00:31.98]Just instincts of salvation[00:32.94]O'deviate from the within[00:36.57]But hate I may not feel[00:44.04]A nations decay within my eyes[00:54.51]Imploring still in vague seclusion[01:31.59]A tear from a child's eye- obeying still[02:47.85]But fate just ties together[03:15.12]What's my flesh ?[03:15.66]And what my skin ?[03:16.26]What my privilege ?[03:16.89]And what a sin ?[03:17.43]Have I come to stay[03:17.79]What I can never be ?[03:18.51]Have I come to beg[03:18.87]For a new identity ?[03:19.56]....to blame...[03:19.74]O' I have tried to fly[03:52.80]But I did not have wings[03:59.76]I have tried to speak[04:13.77]But I did not know how[04:14.22]Like a new-born child[04:25.80]I have tried to trust[04:26.25]Reaching out[04:33.54]But my cradle burning[04:34.05]A nations decay within my eyes[04:34.65]Imploring still in vague seclusion[04:36.45]A tear from a child's eye- obeying still[04:47.85]But fate just ties together[04:57.84]Just memories today[05:11.85]Yes, I exist, but do I also live ?[05:20.40]I must deviate from the within[05:26.79]But hate I may not feel