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Thread #132819   Message #3007289
Posted By: George Papavgeris
14-Oct-10 - 08:13 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Esperanza Waits Above (Chilean miners)
Subject: Lyr Add: ESPERANZA WAITS ABOVE (George Papavgeris)
Gripped by the emotions of the miners' rescue in Chile, this popped out. Esperanza (Hope) is the name of the baby girl born while her dad was trapped in the mine.

ESPERANZA WAITS ABOVE
George Papavgeris, 13th October 2010

As thousands camp on a hill
Nunca perder la Esperanza (never lose hope)
As millions watch with one will
Nunca perder la Esperanza
As hour after hour after day after week
The noise of the drill first a hum then a shriek
The heart dares to dream what the lips cannot speak:
Esperanza waits above!

When the rocks gave the miners a tomb
Nunca perder la Esperanza
Thirty three in a dark airless room
Nunca perder la Esperanza
Were it up to the bosses what would be their lot?
Would they give up on them, would they leave them to rot?
But a nation can give what the bosses can not:
Esperanza waits above!

Just as courage can wipe away fears
Nunca perder la Esperanza
Every hand now wipes away tears
Nunca perder la Esperanza
Can you not feel the power, the magic, the spell
As the cable of steel pulls the Fenix from Hell
And millions of hearts pull together as well
Esperanza waits above!

(Chorus)
But the earth can't claim them yet,
For a country stands behind them.
The rocks can't hide them yet
For a nation's hopes will find them
And when all this is over
Chile's people won't forget
The thirteenth day of October
No, the earth can't have them yet!

You can hear the song here.