Jane Siberry

HIDE NOT YOUR LIGHT
the first time I saw you you would not stop to talk
your fierce determination was going to get you to the top
then the mountain became as a blade of grass
lowering you to the delphin sea
can one’s heart can one’s heart break
can one’s heart break even as it bursting be?

the next time I saw you I saw that you had changed
you’d pulled the darkness ’round you
and hid yourself away
liquified by ancient tides you waited quietly
can one’s heart can one’s heart break
can one’s heart break even as it bursting be?

the last time I saw you you’d changed your name to Liberty
your fierce determination as you twisted to break free
and when you finally unfurled in glorious victory
can one’s heart can one’s heart break
can one’s heart break even as it bursting be?