The sun hides its face in the burning heat
But the night brings a cold that is bitter and sweet
The desert is vast, the shadows are long
A mother is humming a broken song.
No bread on the table, no roof overhead
Just memories of words that the ancestors said
She looks to the sky where the light used to be
Searching for mercy that no one can see.

Sudan Moon, don’t you close your eyes
Watch over the children where the dark smoke flies
Shine on the mothers who walk through the fire
Whose voices are lost in the thorns and the wire.
You see the injustice, you see every scar
A witness to shadows from so very far
Sudan Moon, tell the world what you know
Of the blood in the sand where the lilies should grow.

The cradle is empty, the river is stained
How much of our spirit has the violence drained?
The women are pillars of salt and of grace
With the history of sorrow etched into their face.
They target the daughters, they silence the small
While the empires watch from behind a high wall
But the moon doesn't blink, and the moon doesn't hide
It carries the truth of the ones who have died.

They call it a conflict, they call it a game
But every lost soul had a beautiful name.
They speak of the gold and the power and land
While the life of a child slips away in the sand.

And, Sudan Moon, don’t you close your eyes
Watch over the children where the dark smoke flies
Shine on the mothers who walk through the fire
Whose voices are lost in the thorns and the wire.
You see the injustice, you see every scar
A witness to shadows from so very far
Sudan Moon, tell the world what you know
Of the blood in the sand where the lilies should grow.

And, Sudan Moon, don’t you close your eyes
Watch over the children where the dark smoke flies
Shine on the mothers who walk through the fire
Whose voices are lost in the thorns and the wire.
You see the injustice, you see every scar
A witness to shadows from so very far
Sudan Moon, tell the world what you know
Of the blood in the sand where the lilies should grow.

Shine soft, On the weary and the brave.
Shine soft, On the lives they couldn’t save.
Sudan Moon... Stay awake with us.
Stay awake.