I walked into the water
I let it take me in
Let it take me where there's nothing
Between earth and heaven
I felt the veil lifting
I felt my spirit soar
Then I found myself arriving
On a distant shore
I heard a voice in the wild
Like the roar of a lion
Like the wind ripping down
Every wall in the night
Like the sound of a woman
Coming alive
I heard the voice of a prophet
And the voice was mine
I saw my people climbing
With stones upon their backs
They were singing songs of bondage
Telling stories, breathing ash
They could not see the sunset
For the tears in their eyes
With the mountains growing golden
They just cried and cried and cried
I heard a voice in the wild
Like the roar of a lion
Like the wind ripping down
Every wall in the night
Like the sound of a woman
Coming alive
I heard the voice of a prophet
And the voice was
I heard a voice in the wild
Like the roar of a lion
Like the wind ripping down
Every wall in the night
Like the sound of a woman
Coming alive
I heard the voice of a prophet
And the voice was mine
I tasted the metal
I tasted the blood
They tried to keep me quiet
They said they'd heard enough
But one after another
The singers awoke
With a chorus on their tongues
And freedom, freedom rising
They saw the sun shining
As the stones rolled away
Though the world was as it had been
Every part of them was changed
I watched the silver elder
As she stepped out from the crowd
She said, This is what I witnessed
It all started with a sound
When I heard a voice in the wild
Like the roar of a lion
Like the wind ripping down
Every wall in the night
Like the sound of a woman
Coming alive
I heard the voice of a prophet
And the voice was
I heard a voice in the wild
Like the roar of a lion
Like the wind ripping down
Every wall in the night
Like the sound of a woman
Coming alive
I heard the voice of a prophet
And the voice was mine
And the voice was mine
And the voice was mine