I recall my mother's voice Singing solemn hymns of joy. Hours in the living room The clock was ticking And her perfume Filled the room... I remember Rosie's eyes, And how a heart could swell Inside the chest of a child. Seconds turned to hours when I came so close that I could sense Her scent filling the sky... I remember cigarettes and alcohol, Sweet 16 And bored 18, Raging against the machine, Revolutionary dreams, Broken hearts and poetry... I remember reading Revelations. The Apocalypse coming any time soon. I got so scared, I couldn't sleep for a year. Still, years later, I slept with the lights on. Sometimes I still do. (Shashe, Notwane, Chobe) I remember when I first saw you. You were shining like a highway Leading out of misery. I remember yesterday, When you asked me In your childish way: "Do you think time will have its way with us?" And I said: "Babe, it already has" And I remember your eyes, When I said: "Life is now or never" And you said: "Babe, I think we"ll live forever" And your eyes were so full of hope when you said it, That it made me cry. I still don't know why It made me recall my mother's voice Singing solemn hymns of joy. Hours in the livingroom, The clock was ticking And her perfume Filled the room...