Elias

Album: Silent Steeples (2004)
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  • Nah jay su atwanei kwa, tie asu fahdah dah hay
    Nah jay su atwanei kwa, tie asu fahdah dah hay
    Tie asu fahdah dah hay, fahdah dah hay
    Tie asu fahdah dah hay, fahdah dah hay

    Nah jay su atwanei kwa, tie asu fahdah dah hay
    Nah jay su atwanei kwa, tie asu fahdah dah hay
    Tie asu fahdah dah hay, fahdah dah hay
    Tie asu fahdah dah hay, fahdah dah hay

    Coz e wah he, coz e wah he, mah ka simba
    Airay, da ka simba kanamah ka simba oh
    Da kah simba, da kah simba
    Da ka simba kanamah ka simba oh

    You raise your head, beat the sun
    But your boys they lie, so close to you
    Do you dare get up? And wake the two

    Oh Elias, I see you there, at work in the daytime do you think you could,
    answer all the questions of the world
    In just one word, I think you could.

    If you die will i get word that you're gone
    Or will i hear it in passing conversation
    Will i stop short and, fall to the ground
    Distance is short when your hand carries what your eye found

    Hold my hand just one more time, to see if you're really gonna meet me
    Hold my hand just one more time, to see if you're really gonna meet me

    Honest and Manuel well you know, they're at school now
    Getting the chance that, their father's never seen
    See what's beyond, section 17
    And in 10 years, when you look back at your boys
    well you know they've grown, way taller than the tallest sugar cane in the field

    If you die will i get word that you're gone
    Or will i hear it in passing conversation
    Will i stop short and, fall to the ground
    Distance is short when your hand carries what your eye found

    Hold my hand just one more time, to see if you're really gonna meet me
    Hold my hand just one more time
    Hold my hand just one more time
    Hold my hand just one more time, to see if you're really gonna meet meee.

    And I see your wife, she stands, stooped over by the fire outside
    And I see your boys, and when they look up, you know i think they've got their mother's eyes
    Cause she looks so proud, she looks so happy, she looks so proud, she looks so happy, yeaahhh

    If you die will i get word that you're gone
    Or will i hear it in passing conversation
    Will i stop short and, fall to the ground
    Distance is short when your hand carries what your eye found

    Hold my hand just one more time, to see if you're really gonna meet me
    Hold my hand just one more time, to see if you're really gonna meet me

    Hold my hand just one more tiiiime (Aya, Aya, Ayaahah)
    Hold my hand ,one more time (Aya, Aya, Ayaahah)
    Dayah ya ya, yah yah yah, yah yah yah (Aya, Aya, Ayaahaha)

    Hold my hand just one more time, to see if you're really gonna meet me
    Hold my hand just one more time, to see if you're really gonna meet me Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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Comments: 5

  • Sarah from PaI raised my children with this CD. It is a genuinely beautiful song.
  • Alyssa from Georgia,the begginning is actually a prayer. they explain it on the dvd of the zimbabwe concert.
  • Alex from Blah, OhIts not "Coz e wah he". Its spelled "Kwaziwai" Which means "How are you" not "are you strong"
    The beginning is as follows.

    Dai Jesu achoinekwa ndaizofara naye
    If I could meet my Jesus I would be very happy with him.

    Taizofara naye
    We would be happy with him

    Kwaziwai?
    How are you?

    Makasimba, here?
    How are you feeling?

    Ndakasimba kana makisimbawo
    I am fine and I hope the same for you

    Ndakasimba, ndakasimba
    I am fine, oh I am fine.
  • Erica from Warrenton, VaVery Inspirational!
  • Ryan from Not Important, NyGreat song, powerful meaning, im gratefull that Brad steps out to those in need like those in section 17.

    You guys rule!
    Donate to the eliasfund guys.

    ryan
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