Rainbow Nation

In our youthful condemnation

The truth speaks for itself

That in a time of darkness

Someone cried for help

So we told a simple story

Of innocence and lies

How the truth became so twisted

In a single judge's eye

A brave new Rainbow Nation

Was floating on the tide

In a sea of expectation

And a humble sense of pride

But the wave of solidarity

That swept across our land

Is broken on the rocks

Left lifeless on the sand

It all seemed very simple

Let the guilty take the blame

We can sing our songs of freedom

And put them all to shame

Shine a light into the darkness

Let them hear his name

But the more we try to change things

The more they stay the same

A brave new Rainbow Nation

Was floating on the tide

In a sea of expectation

And a humble sense of pride

But the wave of solidarity

That swept across our land

He's broken on the rocks

Left lifeless on the sand

No one else but Tyler

Knows exactly what he's missed

He's a man that's disappearance

Is slowly ceasing to exist

And the only contribution

That he has left to give

Is the simple tragic story

Of the life he's never lived

A brave new rainbow nation

Was floating on the tide

In a sea of expectation

And a humble sense of pride

But the wave of solidarity

That swept across our land

He's broken on the rocks

Left lifeless on the sand