Sons and brothers Sisters and mothers The time has come to lay your body down We've been fooled to feel we're empty But our inheritance is plenty I can hear the siren weep as they hang the wedding gown There was a time that I remember Innocence and splendor We were one, your blood rushing through my veins Now we must stay in this confession To bleed through their oppression We must run with our heart against the grain And there's a breath from the beginning From where everything came spinning Do not fear if you do not understand I did not come to take you Defile or break you I came to help you feel the breath against your hand And this will not come with ease Listen to me, please You must be open to the glory and the pain When they pierce that sinful mistress You catch her blood and hold witness She'll come running to your heart against the grain This is a lovers song Blowing in the field where we belong Take my hand child, leave behind your shame I promise you and if you care to promise to Then we'll go singing with our heart against the grain