When

Raindrops make sounds, the earth quakes and moans they

Both sing how long till the wedding day

Stars robed in white

Decorate the sky

While the fragile bride cries, "take me away"

Who can explain

These storms and these waves that

Echo birth pains please hear what they say

Mountains and trees every living thing

Shouts hurry back please and do not delay

When will you come for your daughters and sons

We are homesick we try, but we don't belong

Even if that day's a million light years away

Each day will begin with the same question

When, when, when, when?

Creation speaks the winds through the leaves

It begs to be free no curses remain

Famine, disease, your people are weak

Help us to believe it could be any day

Great are the scars (great are the scars)

After each war (after each war)

Look close you'll see defeat on our face

Can't hear a sound

Your silence is loud

Come close to us now, you feel far away

When will you come for your daughters and sons

We are homesick we try, but we don't belong

Even if that day's a million light years away

Each day will begin with the same question

When, when, when, when?

When, when

A million hearts tonight are asking

When, when

You heard it before

We won't stop asking

But who am I

Even to try to understand ways much greater than mine

When will you come for your daughters and sons

We are homesick we try, but we don't belong

Even if that day's a million light years away

Each day will begin with the same question

When, when, when, when?

When, when, when, when

When, when, when, when