[Verse 1] Mother Congo, I see your hands Mud on the nails, gold in the sand Little feet walking through the dust Heavy load for the ones we trust Men in suits take and take Leave a wound that won’t wake And the river keeps your tears For the lost in younger years [Pre-Chorus] But the drum still calls your name Through the smoke, through the shame Every heart that still can rise Sees the truth behind the lies [Chorus] Mother Congo, rise again Heal the land, break the chain Mother Congo, rise again Love is stronger than their gain (Oh, rise again) (Oh, rise again) [Verse 2] Down in the pit where the daylight dies A child looks up with tired eyes Small hands bleeding for a stranger’s stone Dreams buried deep where the dark winds roam Mothers pray with empty bowls Fathers carry broken souls While the kings of war turn away And call it peace another day [Pre-Chorus] But the drum still calls your name Through the smoke, through the shame Every heart that still can rise Sees the truth behind the lies [Chorus] Mother Congo, rise again Heal the land, break the chain Mother Congo, rise again Love is stronger than their gain (Oh, rise again) (Oh, rise again) [Bridge] Stop the war, stop the hate No more graveyards made by greed Let the children live to sing Let the wounded find what they need From the hills to the final road Let mercy share the load What the world has torn apart Can be mended by the heart [Final Chorus] Mother Congo, rise again Heal the land, break the chain Mother Congo, rise again Love is stronger than their gain Mother Congo, rise again Let the children dream again (Oh, rise again) (Oh, rise again)
