Weeping (with Ladysmith Black Mambazo & Vusi Mahlasela) - Josh Groban, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Vusi Mahlasela

I knew a man

Who lived in fear

It was huge, it was angry, it was drawing near

Behind his house

A secret place

Was the shadow of the demon

He could never face

He built a wall

Of steel and flame

And men with guns

To keep it tame

Then, standing back

He made it plain

That the nightmare would

Never ever rise again

But the fear and the fire and the guns remained

It doesn’t matter now

It’s over anyhow

He tells the world that it’s sleeping

But as the night came 'round

I heard its lonely sound

It wasn’t roaring, it was weeping

It wasn’t roaring, it was weeping

And then one day

The neighbours came

They were curious to know about

The smoke and flame

They stood around

Outside the wall

But of course there was

Nothing to be heard at all

«My friends», he said, «We've reached our goal

The threat is under firm control

As long as peace and order reign

I’ll be damned if I can see a reason to explain

Why the fear, the fire and the guns remain»

It doesn’t matter now

It’s over anyhow

He tells the world that it’s sleeping

But as the night came 'round

I heard its lonely sound

It wasn’t roaring, it was weeping

It wasn’t roaring, it was weeping

Stay out, stay out, stay out of here

Stay out, stay out, stay out of here

Stay out, stay out, stay out of here

Stay out, stay out, stay out of here

It doesn’t matter now

It’s over anyhow

He tells the world that it’s sleeping

But as the night came 'round

I heard its lonely sound

It wasn’t roaring, it was weeping

It wasn’t roaring, it was weeping

It wasn’t roaring, it was weeping