By John Trudell
In the dream of the living
predator arrives- out of the blues
surviving what nightmares do
centuries ruled by predator mind
the people, held in bondage-
the people pray to freedom, as freedom cries
a man waits in a cage, a man calls to justice-
justice lies
in the dream of the living, lies change
genocide remains- earth pillagers
governments conspire in the theft
the killing of the tribes
lostness, masquerading as law
ten little indians backwards
then there are none
predator arrives, out of the blues
desperation crawls over our skin
an advancing glacier, gauging scars
deep into our psychic soul
centuries cruel by predator mind
something eating at you: the meal that lasts and lasts
some holes are openings thru the wall
some holes are holes: careful you don't fall
the past isn't always kind-
a problem with tomorrow
the past isn't far behind
surviving what nightmares do
soul journeys, into industrial night
normalicy- a sure sign, of low self esteem
insanities in the face of torture and dreams
ancient wind, ancient light
ancestor stars, reach from the great beyond
extending a helping thought
the people held in bondage
the people pray to freedom, as freedom cries
a man waits in a cage-
a man calls to justice, but justice lies
centuries cruel by predator mind
lord and satan, generals of war
people sacrificed in tears and blood
stone masons- busy building walls
instant faces, double faces, empty faces
makin' people feel- much more alone
in the dream of the living
some violence ugly and mean
some violence sterile and clean
predator words- fall from lips of cold and ice
lives pulled through the needle
anyway you thread it, is a rattling chain
in the place were all minds meet
genetic memories- resist slavery
continuation is evolutionary need
ancestrial power encoded in the DNA
ancient voice sings, of the peoples' way
in the dream of the living-
ancestor stars - reach from the great beyond
the people held in bondage
the people pray to freedom as freedom cries
a man waits in a cage, a man calls to justice-
but justice lies
in the dream of the living
predator arrives
out of the blues
