Vusi Mahlasela- Our Sand Lyrics

In your trance your dance

Recalls and records

The footprints of a painful history

Body shaking

You try to assemble thoughts

Of a raging memory

And your feet stand hard

On the Kalahari sand

In your dust, your stones

We see the ghostly shadows

Of a vanished world

Hallucinating

You try

To recover dreams

Of gods and ancient miracles

And your feet stand hard

On the Kalahari sand

Your land etching and weaving

Patterns of pain

Through your trance

Your dance

I am trapped in your membrane of memories

I hear your silent voice

Through your trance

Your dance, your trance

And I hear you say

When will you find your season of dreams

When will your sand your land be once

Again surrounded by the landscapes of love

Through your trance

Your dance