Biko (Remixed Version)

Lyrics

[Verse 1: Peter Gabriel] September '77 Port Elizabeth weather fine It was business as usual In police room 619 [Chorus: Peter Gabriel] Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko Yihla moja, yihla moja The man is dead The man is dead [Interlude] [Verse 2: Peter Gabriel] When I try and sleep at night I can only dream in red The outside world is black and white With only one colour dead [Chorus: Peter Gabriel] Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko Yihla moja, yihla moja The man is dead The man is dead [Interlude] [Verse 3: Peter Gabriel] You can blow out a candle But you can't blow out a fire Once the flames begin to catch The wind will blow it higher [Chorus: Peter Gabriel] Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko Yihla moja, yihla moja The man is dead The man is dead [Post-Chorus: Peter Gabriel] And the eyes of the world are Watching now, watching now