Burning - Alien Accent (featuring Husni Ghouse)
Performed at the One Trust Concert
Bishop’s College Colombo -2009
Music: Husni Ghouse
Lyrics: Suresh Jayawickrama
Composed during Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict in the nineties, this song resonates today as a tribute to the Mothers of Gaza & their unwavering strength amidst the worst of humanity.
Suresh Jayawickrama: Acoustic Guitar and Vocals
D K Wijesinha: Acoustic Guitar and Vocals
Husni Ghouse: Vocals
The Band
Ranil Goonawardene - Guitars
Upula Madhushanka - Bass
Harshan Gallage - Drums
Eshantha Peiris - Keyboards
Ratnam Ratnadurai - Tabla
Rakhitha Wickremaratne - Percussion
Anthony Surendra - Mandolin
Audio recorded mixed & mastered by
Dulip Gnanakan
Video production - PROimage Studios
Video edit - Randika Victor
Video sync & subtitles - Riyal Riffai
LYRICS:
Verse 1
Somewhere in a humble home
A Mother lies awake,
She's waiting
Lying in the undergrowth
A soldier shifts his eyes
He's hoping
A photograph on a muddy wall
Reflects her weary face
It's raining
Thunder claps and lighting flashes
Suddenly his destiny is upon him
She didn't want to send her baby to where he's going
She always wanted him to stay
She wanted him to stay
Chorus
Love burns eternal
Do you feel the heat
Flames grow higher
As a Mother softly weeps
And she's burning burning
Verse 2
Burning ashes in a field
Rising like a stairway to heaven
Freedom for a fearless soul
Lessons for tomorrow's generation
A nation mourns a precious son
Another sacrifice to be united
Somewhere in a humble home
A Mother tries to find an answer
She didn't want to send her baby
To where he's going
She always wanted him to stay
She wanted him to stay
Repeat chorus
Outro
Burning she's burning
We are all burning...