Shadows on the Road

(Oh, yeah)

(Long road, heavy heart)

One love, but the road is cold

It wasn't my intention to be moving in the night

I was caught in the queue, waiting for the light

The 30-30 road was blocked, a vehicle overturned

So many hours passed, lessons slowly learned

I waited from the morning, fourteen to fifteen hours

Finally at the toll, lost all of my powers

Jah bless, I just wanted to get home

But fate decided I should travel all alone

Oh, the road took everything I had inside

Broken air pipes, nowhere left to hide

They took the toll money, left me in the dark

Soldiers in the shadows, leaving such a mark

Yeah, it’s a heavy burden, a story to be told

Deep in the Congo, feeling bitter and cold

I moved past the scene where the trucks had cleared the way

Ascending with the Tanzanians, hoping for the day

But their horsepower was strong, they left me behind

Rolling through Lumata, peace of mind I couldn't find

I didn't see the soldier climbing on the frame

Didn't know the danger, didn't know the game

He cut the diesel pipes, he cut the air so tight

Everything I saved, vanished in the night

Oh, the road took everything I had inside

Broken air pipes, nowhere left to hide

They took the toll money, left me in the dark

Soldiers in the shadows, leaving such a mark

Yeah, it’s a heavy burden, a story to be told

Deep in the Congo, feeling bitter and cold

Rise up, even when the pockets are bare

Rise up, breathing in the mountain air

It’s a struggle, yes, a test of the soul

When the system breaks you, and steals your control

Easy now, let the spirit stay strong

Even when the journey takes you all night long

Nineteen hundred hours, the world turned to grey

All the money for the toll, just thrown away

I’m standing in the silence, listening to the wind

Wondering where the light ends and where the shadows begin

But I’m still standing, though the truck is standing still

I’ll find my way forward, against the soldier's will

Oh, the road took everything I had inside

Broken air pipes, nowhere left to hide

They took the toll money, left me in the dark

Soldiers in the shadows, leaving such a mark

Yeah, it’s a heavy burden, a story to be told

Deep in the Congo, feeling bitter and cold

(Oh, the road...)

They took the toll, but they couldn't take my soul

(Jah bless)

Keep on moving, keep on searching

(Easy now...)

Yeah, the road carries on.

(One love)