One day I looked up and there you were,

like a simple question looking for an answer.

Now I am the whale listening to some inner call,

swimming blindly to throw myself upon your shore.



What if I don't find you when I have landed?

Will you leave me here to die on your shore stranded?



I think I know why the dog howls at the moon.

I think I know why the dog howls at the moon.



I sing dela, dela ngyanya dela when I'm with you,

dela, sondela mama sondela, I burn for you.



I've been waiting for you all my life hoping for a miracle,

I've been waiting day and night, day and night.

I've been waiting for you all my life waiting for redemption,

I've been wating day and night, I burn for you.



A blind bird sings inside the cage that is my heart,

the image of your face comes to me when I am alone in the dark.

If I could give a shape to this ache that I have for you,

If I could find the voice that says the words to capture you.



I think I know, I think I know, I think I know,

I think I know why the dog howls at the moon.

I think I know why the dog howls at the moon.



I sing dela, dela ngyanya dela when I'm with you,

dela, sondela mama sondela, I burn for you.



I've been waiting for you all my life hoping for a miracle,

I've been waiting day and night, day and night.

I've been waiting for you all my life waiting for redemption,

I've been wating day and night, I burn for you.



Sondela, sondela, mama sondela, I burn for you.



I've been waiting for you all my life hoping for a miracle,

I've been waiting day and night, day and night.

I've been waiting for you all my life waiting for redemption,

I've been wating day and night, I burn for you.

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