Silence in the Valley

There's a cold wind in the valley Where the river used to flow There's a shadow in the corner Where the sunrise used to go Now the soldiers stand in the doorway And watch the children in the snow ___ the darkend windows Just one solitary light Where I listen to the speeches And the strangers change their lives And the preacher cannot comfort them 'Cause the darkness holds them tight There's a silence in the valley Where the music used to play And the houses stand in ruin As the warlords have their day And on the snow the blood goes cold And people crowd along the road They disappear into gray When no compassion can be found To rest beneath God's frozen ground There's a camera crew arriving And a politician too And many words are spoken But they will never find the truth The valley holds the secrets And there is nothing we can do