Universal Men
Journey Across Shores: A Musical Odyssey of Unity and Legacy
Lyrics
I have undone this distance so many times before
I have traversed this distance several times in the past.
That it seems as if this life of mine is trapped between two shores
It feels like my life is caught between two distinct realities.
As the little ones grow older on the station platform
Children are growing up on a station platform, possibly symbolizing the passage of time.
I shall undo that distance just once more
I will overcome this distance one more time.
My brothers and my sisters have been scattered in the wind
My siblings have been dispersed, facing challenges symbolized by ill-fitting horizons.
Dressed in cheap horizons which have never quite fitted
They wear metaphorical horizons that do not fit them well.
And for centuries they've traveled on a pale phantom ship
For centuries, they've journeyed on a ghostly ship seeking an elusive destination.
Sailing for that shore which has no other shore
Sailing towards a shore that represents an unattainable goal.
And they sing (in Zulu)
Chorus in Zulu: They created the world you inhabit.
They made the world that you live in
They shaped the world and made it function.
They made it go around
They crafted the world we currently live in.
They made the world we live in
From their hands leap the buildings, from their shoulders bridges fall
They are responsible for creating structures and overcoming challenges.
And they stand astride the mountains and they pull out all the gold
They possess great strength, extracting resources from the mountains.
And the songs of their fathers raise strange cities to the sky
Their heritage inspires the construction of cities where they don't naturally belong.
Where they did not belong and could not belong
These cities are alien to them, and they don't understand why.
And they never knew why
They remain unaware of the reasons behind their actions.
And they share with the swallows all their winters and their hopes
They share their experiences with nature but often lose their way in the modern world.
But often they get lost between the highways and the stores
Caught between highways and commercial spaces, they face challenges.
And the rivers of the homelands murmur in their dreams
The rivers of their homeland echo in their dreams.
They're shackled to that distance 'till heaven lets them in
They are bound by distance until heaven accepts them.
And they sing (in Zulu)
Chorus in Zulu: They created the world you inhabit.
They made the world that you live in
They shaped the world and made it function.
They made it go around
They crafted the world we currently live in.
They made the world we live in
Well they could not read and they could not write, and they could not spell their names
Despite lacking formal education, they transformed the world.
But they took this world in both hands and they changed it all the same
They altered the world significantly, though their origins and destinations remain unknown.
And from whence they came and where they went nobody knows or cares
Adrift between two worlds, their voices are still heard.
Cast adrift between two worlds, they could still be heard to say:
They express the challenges of being caught between two realities.
I have undone this distance so many times before
I have traversed this distance several times in the past.
That it seems as if this life of mine is trapped between two shores
It feels like my life is caught between two distinct realities.
As the little ones grow older on the station platform
Children are growing up on a station platform, possibly symbolizing the passage of time.
I shall undo that distance just once more
I will overcome this distance one more time.
And I sing (in Zulu)
Chorus in Zulu: They created the world you inhabit.
They made the world that you live in
They shaped the world and made it function.
They made it go around
They crafted the world we currently live in.
They made the world we live in
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