How long can one bleed tears
When the blood freezes in one's veins?
How long can two minutes seem
When the unspeakable tragedy happens?
[Bridge:]
Not in my worst dreams did I think
Of freeing myself; where would I end up?
After all I had a roof over my head
And why should I still stay here now?
[Chorus:]
If the prophetess will not come to the mountain
The mountain will come to the prophetess1
For he knows what she's worth
He knows that she'll understand
I know who cannot sleep at night
I know who only suffers through the days
Many words can have sharp edges
Even more so when their speaker is lying
[Bridge + Chorus]
She understands that the mountain is our dreams
She takes care of them like her very child
She understands that the mountain is our wishes
And you can hear her when she sings of them
She understands that the mountain forms our fears
Wherefore she speaks to our spirit of courage
She understands that the mountain is our hope
Which never lets out of sight its goal
[Chorus]
1. A spin on a Turkish proverb "If the mountain does not come to you, you must come to the mountain", first recorded in English by Sir Francis Bacon in 1625 as "If the hill will not come to Mahomet [the prophet Mohammed], Mahomet will go to the hill."