Daughter of Hope - Mia Doi Todd

Find me, can you find me?

Flying overhead with flowers in my hair

Find me, can you find me?

Always in my head when I should be with you instead

I can say it takes a long time to get what you want

If it ever comes, bid it stay a moment

I can say it takes a long time to know how you feel

So when the waves vacillate, you can tell what is real

Now I know what is real

Yes, I know what is real

Now I know what is real

Yes, I know what is real

I can feel it in my sleep, fighting with my sense of self

Aching in my dreams, working out my mental health

I can feel it in my dreams where I still live in my own domain

What I didn’t want to keep, I snt it on the night train

I sent it on the night train, so whn it comes back

It will have seen the world and it won’t hurt like that

No, it won’t hurt like that

No, it won’t hurt like that

No, it won’t hurt like that

No, it won’t hurt like that

When the light turns green, driving to the rock show

With a girl of sixteen, how could she ever know?

When the light turns green, which way will the weather go?

Will he be mean?

I’ll bring my umbrella so

I might stay dry in the river of tears

I’ll bring a boat too, it’s an ocean of tears

It’s an ocean of tears where we learn to swim

In our mother’s womb and from within

It’s an ocean of tears where we learn to swim

And I swim to you and I swim to him

In the ocean of tears

Ocean of pain

Ocean of fear

Ocean of rain

Ocean of life

Ocean of death

Ocean of time

Ocean of breath

Baby of mine, swim toward the light

Baby inside, swim toward the breath

Oh my daughter of hope

Oh my daughter of hope

Oh my daughter of hope

Oh my daughter of hope

Oh my daughter of hope

You have a mother of fantasy

And I can’t always cope with the harsh realities

We’re living in a marketplace, the world has gone flat

Pop the champagne, it won’t grow back

Oh my daughter of hope, for you I want everything

A beautiful world, a land of plenty

A world without greed, good food to eat

Clean water to drink and room to think

Oh my daughter of hope, for you I want everything

Oh my daughter of hope, for you I want everything

A world without sorrow, a world without pain

A better world tomorrow and the best day today

Oh my daughter of hope, oh my daughter of fantasy

Oh my daughter of love, oh my daughter of mystery

I want you to know me and I want to know you

I want you to know me and I want to know you

Find me, can you find me?

Flying overhead with flowers in my hair

Find me, can you find me?

Always in your heart, always in your hands

Always in your blood, always in your head

Find me, yes, you found me

Daughter of hope, my daughter of hope

I found you, yes, I found you

Daughter of hope, my daughter of hope

Daughter of hope

Daughter of hope

Oh my daughter of hope

Oh my daughter of hope

Oh my daughter of hope

Oh my daughter of hope

Oh my daughter of hope