Where I'm from Illuminated lanterns glow They never flicker When storm winds blow The scent of cedar The taste of citrus on my tongue The sounds of silence All feel like home I can see it in the eyes of my son and the eyes of my daughter Where I'm from Where I'm from The lost and broken sing along In every language A sacred song And I can hear it in the voice of a mother and the cries of a child Where I'm from Where I'm from Where I'm from Here I labor on in the holy war Find myself on the threshing floor Praying somebody will stay with me While I remain in between Looking for light In the breaking of day Somebody stay with me Where I'm from I've stood outside these gates before Trying to listen And hear her voice I can feel it in the middle of the rain, in the warmth of a fire I can feel it when my heart starts to break, I was born to desire Where I'm from Where I'm from Where I'm from Where I'm from