In our youthful condemnation the truth speaks for itself
That in an hour of darkness, Someone cried for help
So he told a simple story of innocents and lies,
How the truth became so twisted, in a single judges eyes.
(chorus)
Our brave new rainbow nation, was floating on the tide
in a sea of expectation, and a hard won sense of pride
but the wave of solidarity, that swept across our land
was broken on the rocks left lifeless on the sand
(verse 2)