Darkness and Trees [reprise] lyrics

[GARTH, spoken]

Finally, out of the darkness, my bus arrives at the Salvation Army camp

[COMPANY except GARTH and MUHUMUZA]

Kati ya giza

[MUHUMUZA, spoken]

We pass through a large gate and the bus pulls to a stop. And through the windows — out there in the darkness — we see all these people coming out of the buildings

[COMPANY]

Ghafla mwangaza

[GARTH, spoken]

We rarely use them, but everyone’s dusted off their Salvation Army uniforms to welcome these people

[MUHUMUZA, spoken]

There are soldiers everywhere

[COMPANY]

Pande zote sisi

[MUHUMUZA, spoken]

The man at the front opens the door

[GARTH, spoken]

I say, “Here you are. Out you go.” But he doesn’t understand. And he’s not getting off. None of them are

[ALL]

Giza na miti

[GARTH, spoken]

But then I notice his wife — well, she’s clutching a Bible. Now, obviously I can’t read it, but their Bible — it’ll have the same number system ours does — so I ask to see it

And I’m searching for something and then, in Philippians 4:6, I give ‘em their Bible and I’m pointing, saying: "Look! Philippians 4:6 — Be anxious for nothing. Be anxious for nothing!"

[GARTH & MUHUMUZA, spoken]

And that’s how we started speaking the same

Language

[COMPANY]

Kati ya giza

(Out of the darkness)

Ghafla mwangaza

(Suddenly brightness)

Ma-badiliko

(Everything changes)

Giza na miti

(Darkness and trees)

Kati ya giza

(Out of the darkness)

Ma-badiliko

(Suddenly light)