New Brighton - Nakhane, Anohni

I slipped on the pebbles on the way to the gate

Held my balance on the cuff of your shirt

You were up-set

We were going to the Port Elizabeth’s port

Up on the hill, you did point was Frederik’s fort

I was up-set:

Never live in fear again

No, never again

And all the seraphim

And all the cherubim

Never knew them before, don’t know them now

What about my mother and her sisters?

Where was their name?

I was up-set

I rose up, sing:

Never live in fear again

No, never again

Never, never, never again

Never, never again

Never leave in fear again

No never again

And all the seraphim

And all the cherubim

(Did they burn their eyes?)

Up in the black New Brighton sky

Was a flare

Met with strangled cries

And a strange joy in the air

Did they avert their eyes?