[Verse 1]
Thick cloud, steam rising
Hissing stone on sweat lodge fire
Around me, buffalo roam
Sage in bundle, rub on skin
Outside, cold air
Stand and wait for rising sun
Red paint, eagle feathers
Coyote calling, it has begun
Something moving in
I taste it in my mouth and in my heart
It feels like dying, slow
Letting go of life
[Interlude]
[Refrain]
Hyena wakan tanka
Hyena wakan tanka
Hyena wakan tanka
Hyena wakan tanka
[Verse 2: Peter Gabriel]
Medicine man lead me up through town
Indian ground, so far down
Cut up land, each house, a pool
Kids wearing water wings, drink in cool
Follow dry river bed
Watch Scouts and Guides make pow-wow signs
Past Geronimo's disco
Sittin' Bull steakhouse, white men dream
A rattle in the old man's sack, see
Look at mountain top, keep climbing up
Way above us the desert snow
White wind blow
Thick cloud, steam rising
Hissing stone on sweat lodge fire
Around me, buffalo roam
Sage in bundle, rub on skin
Outside, cold air
Stand and wait for rising sun
Red paint, eagle feathers
Coyote calling, it has begun
Something moving in
I taste it in my mouth and in my heart
It feels like dying, slow
Letting go of life
[Interlude]
[Refrain]
Hyena wakan tanka
Hyena wakan tanka
Hyena wakan tanka
Hyena wakan tanka
[Verse 2: Peter Gabriel]
Medicine man lead me up through town
Indian ground, so far down
Cut up land, each house, a pool
Kids wearing water wings, drink in cool
Follow dry river bed
Watch Scouts and Guides make pow-wow signs
Past Geronimo's disco
Sittin' Bull steakhouse, white men dream
A rattle in the old man's sack, see
Look at mountain top, keep climbing up
Way above us the desert snow
White wind blow
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