Spirit Voices

We sailed up a river wide as a sea
 And slept on the banks
 On the leaves of a banyan tree
 And all of these spirit voices rule the night
 Some stories are magical, meant to be sung
 Songs from the mouth of the river
 When the world was young
 And all of these spirit voices rule the night
 By moon
 We walk
 To the brujo's door
 Along a path of river stone
 Women with their nursing children
 Seated on the floor
 We join the fevers
 And the broken bones
 Candlelight flickers
 Falcon calls
 A lime-green lizard scuttles down the cabin wall
 And all of these spirit voices
 Sing rainwater, sea water
 River water, holy water
 Wrap this child in mercy heal her
 Heaven's only daughter
 All of these spirit voices rule the night
 My hands were numb
 My feet were lead
 I drank a cup of herbal brew
 Then the sweetness in the air
 Combined with the lightness in my head
 And I heard the jungle breathing in the bamboo
 Saudações!
 Dá licença, um momento
 Eu te lembro que amanhã
 Será tudo ou será nada
 Depende, coração
 Será breve ou será grande
 Depende da paixão
 Será sujo, será sonho
 Cuidado, coração
 Será útil, será tarde
 Se esmera, coração
 E confia na força do amanhã
 Lord of the earthquake
 My trembling bed
 The spider resumes the rhythm
 Of his golden thread
 And all of these spirit voices rule the night
 And all of these spirit voices rule the night
 And all of these spirit voices.