Albertine…

09 Aug 2010 4 Comments

by stephbeckblog in Uncategorized

There is a song that has powerfully affected me since coming to South Africa. Brooke Fraser, wrote this song after a trip to Africa. Some of the lyrics reflect my own experiences here. They drive me to take in what I see here and do something about it…”now that I have seen, I am responsible…” There is a big part of me that wants to shut off from experiencing the feelings that arise when I look at a child and know the trouble they are going through, but I want to take these feelings and use them productively…take them and initiate some sort of change. I just thought I would share the song with you as well, I will try to upload the song if I can figure out how to do it!

“Albertine” by Brooke Fraser

I am sitting still
I think of Angelique
her mothers voice over me
And the bullets in the wall where it fell silent
And on a thousandth hill, I think of Albertine
there in her eyes what I don’t see with my own
rwanda

[CHORUS]
now that I have seen, I am responsible
Faith without deeds is dead
now that I have held you in my own arms, I cannot let go till you are

I am on a plane across a distant sea
But I carry you in me
and the dust on, the dust on, the dust on my feet
Rwanda

[CHORUS]

[BRIGDE]
I will tell the world, I will tell them where I’ve been
I will keep my word
I will tell them Albertine

[CHORUS]

I am on a stage, a thousand eyes on me
I will tell them, Albertine
I will tell them, Albertine

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