Wave O'er Yonder

Wave over yonder

Sun so bright, I can barely see

I've come such a long way from home

Now I hear the world below the brine calling out to me

Lost love, abandoned dreams

Cries that haunt me shore to shore

Every time they ask me why I roam, I say

"Voices were guiding me here before I was even born"

I've been waiting

I've been waiting

I've been waiting for so long

Wave over yonder

Whispers in fields of sugarcane

Island to island, generations enchained

The sweetness in everybody's cups is laced with pain

From this rotten vessel, I cast my line

I cast my flesh out into the sea

Why I heed the call to be a fishermen

You know when God keeps giving us war and disease?

I've been waiting, ooh

I've been waiting

I've been waiting for so long

All hail the champion

You float like a butterfly, sting like a bee

He tossed his Olympic medal into the water

You know it sunk to the bottom of a well of hurt so deep

High above the stars shimmer, they shine

Mystic mountains echo freedom's  ring

Like generations before, I shall maintain my dignity

Like the champion, I will defy your king

I've been waiting

I've been waiting

I've been waiting

I've been waiting for so long

Wave over yonder

Waiting for that silent moan

Waiting for you to lift this terrestrial load

Waiting for you to carry me to a new home