My room looks out
To the wide open spaces
My heart is touched
By awakening faces

I see the panic
Of people in motion
I can stand here
Look out on an ocean

I am a wall
Awaiting a catchword
I see the city
Laid out like a patchwork

Alone I am free
From hatred and blindness
I hope that this life
Is frozen and timeless

My man is here
We grow old by inches
Tomorrow I'll walk
Amoney heroes and princes

I feed the boys
I hear secrets whispered
I know the hearts
That are battered and blistered

I am secure
In this world of apartheid
This is my cell
It's connected to startlight

My room is floating
Above all the fall-out
No one can see me
Or hear if I call out

I see a child
Watch him sparkle and glisten
I see a woman
Who's not learned to listen

I see a boy
With his mother's ambition
Performing for love
Trained in submission

I am secure
In this world of apartheid
This is my cell
But it's connected to starlight