They have come to haunt the children

They have come to walk the wind

I can hear them as they rustle through the trees

Looking for the love that killed them

So that they might live again

It's a simple prayer that brings me to my knees With drums and bells and rattles

They have caught us in our time

To watch the eagle rise up from the fire

Now is it true we are possessed

By all the ones we leave behind

Or is it by their lives we are inspired It's a new light, new day

Listening for the meaning, learning how to say

It's a new place but you've always been here

You're just listening to old voices with a new ear It's the livin' and the dyin', well it scares the young ones so

They can hardly catch their breath before too long

They see the tears we're crying and they watch that river flow

And they follow on the banks until it's gone I surrender to the mountains, I surrender to the sea

I surrender to the one who calls my name

I surrender to my lover now and to my enemy

I surrender to the face that holds no shame It's a new light, new day

Listening for the meaning, learning how to say

It's a new place but you've always been here

You're just listening to old voices with a new ear There's a spider at my window and she spins a web of truth

More beautiful than all these memories

And she surely is god's artist as she's caught the morning dew

It's a simple prayer that brings me to my knees It's a new light, new day

Listening for the meaning, learning how to say

It's a new place but you've always been here

You're just listening to old voices with a new ear It's a new light, new day

Listening for the meaning, learning how to say

It's a new place but we've always been here

We're just listening to old voices with a new ear