Dispatch- Elias

@TheSloppyAl
You raise your head, you beat the sun
but your boys they lie so close to you
do you dare get up and wake the two
oh elias, I see you there at work in the day time
do you think you could answer all the questions in the world
in just one word- I think you could

CHORUS:
'cause if you die will I get word that your gone
or will I hear it in passing conversation
or will I stop short and fall to the ground
distance is short when your hand carries what your eye found

hold my hand just one more time
to see if you're really going to meet me
hold my hand just one more time
to see if you're really going to meet me
honest and manuel, well they're at school now
given the chance that their father's never seen
to see what's beyond section 17
and in ten years when you look back at your boys
well you know they've grown way taller than the tallest
sugar cane in the field

CHORUS

I see your wife she stands stooped over by the fire outside
and I see your boys and when they look up
you know I think they got their mother's eyes
'cause she looks so proud she looks so happy
she looks so proud she looks so happy

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[JonMarvin11]

Why destroy the integrity of such a soothing song? You people should be ashamed.

[lucascopin]

I love the vintage photos...I was a little kid by this time....

[Ryeburnyard]

Daaaaaarrrrrrrrrkkkkaaaaaaa SIMBA! Simba ohh Raise your hand.

[xOjbabyxO8]

!Na Jesu atwanekwa tayesu falala he!

[ThePirateyouwanttobe]

@igggy95 - the beginning is a prayer, they explain that on DVD they made of the concert for Zimbabwe they did at Madison Square Garden

[ThePirateyouwanttobe]

@vicko267 - I believe it is Shona, which is the principle language of Zimbabwe. The story goes that the song was written for a man that a Chad Urmston met well visiting Sector 17 of Zimbabwe, a part of the country that has been particularly hard hit by the aids/hiv virus. So Elias is a song for friendship that Chad wrote after finding out that Elias and his family were alive and doing well.

[igggy95]

in what do they sing at the beginning of the song

[NoreikaC547]

the bongo's in this song are sickkkk!

[GratefulDead412]

@neilkulp yup!

[neilkulp]

@GratefulDead412 oh ok .very cool. ive been trying to figure it out for honestly years and all ive gotten is responses like, "you're an idiot" and what-not. thank you, though.

[GratefulDead412]

@neilkulp Yes, its sung in Shona. A language spoken in Zimbabwe. This song is about a man named Elias, Chad met in Zimbabwe in 94. His Children Honest and Manuel. Section 17 is one of the most HIV infested areas in the world.

[GratefulDead412]

@maverixplayer4 They used to be One Fell Swoop, a long time ago.. didnt hear of a name change recently tho..