A husband waits outside
A crying child pushes a child into the night
She was told he would come this time
Without leaving so much as a feather behind
A husband waits outside
A crying child pushes a child into the night
She was told he would come this time
Without leaving so much as a feather behind
To enact, at last, the perfect plan
One more sweet boy to be butchered by man
[Chorus]
But the gateway to the world
Was still outside the reach of him
Would never belong to angels
Had never belonged to man
The swan upon Leda
Empire upon Jerusalem
[Verse 2]
A grandmother smuggling meds
Past where the god child-soldier, Setanta, stood dead
Our graceful turner of heads
Weaves through the checkpoints like a needle and thread
Someone's frightened boy waves her on
She offers a mother's smile and soon, she's gone
[Chorus]
The gateway to the world
The gun in a trembling hand
Where nature unmakes the boundary
The pillar of myth still stands
The swan upon Leda
Occupier upon ancient land
[Instrumental Bridge]
[Outro]
The gateway to the world
Was still outside the reach of him
Would never belong to angels
Had never belonged to men
Mume anasubiri nje
Mtoto anayelia husukuma mtoto usiku
Aliambiwa atakuja wakati huu
Bila kuacha sana kama manyoya nyuma
Kutunga, mwishowe, mpango kamili
Mvulana mmoja mtamu zaidi wa kung'olewa na mwanadamu
[Chorus]
Lakini lango la ulimwengu
Bado alikuwa nje ya yeye
Haingekuwa wa malaika kamwe
Hajawahi kuwa wa mwanadamu
Swan juu ya Leda
Dola juu ya Yerusalemu
[Mstari wa 2]
Bibi anavuta dawa
Zamani ambapo mungu-askari-mtoto, Setanta, alisimama amekufa
Turner yetu ya neema ya vichwa
Kuweka kupitia vituo vya ukaguzi kama sindano na nyuzi
Mvulana wa kutisha wa mtu anamtuliza
Anatoa tabasamu la mama na hivi karibuni, amekwenda
[Chorus]
Lango la ulimwengu
Bunduki kwa mkono wa kutetemeka
Ambapo asili hufungua mpaka
Nguzo ya hadithi bado imesimama
Swan juu ya Leda
Makazi juu ya ardhi ya zamani
[Daraja la Ala]
[Outro]
Lango la ulimwengu
Bado alikuwa nje ya yeye
Haingekuwa wa malaika kamwe
Hajawahi kuwa wa wanaume