one day i looked up and there you were like a simple question looking for an answer now i am the whale listening to some inner call swimming blindly to throw myself upon your shore what if i don t find you when i have landed would you leave me here to die on your shore stranded i think i know why the dog howls at the moon i think i know why the dog howls at the moon i sing dela dela ngyanya dela when i m with you dela sondela mama sondela i burn for you i ve been waiting for you all my life hoping for a miracle i ve been waiting day and night day and night i ve been waiting for you all my life waiting for redemption i ve been waiting day and night i burn for you a blind bird sings inside the cage that is my heart the image of your face comes to me when i am alone in the dark if i could give a shape to this ache that i have for you if i could find the voice that says the words that capture you i think i know i think i know i think i know i think i know why the dog howls at the moon i think i know why the dog howls at the moon i sing dela dela ngyanya dela when i m with you dela sondela mama sondela i burn for you i ve been waiting for you all my life hoping for a miracle i ve been waiting day and night day and night i ve been waiting for you all my life waiting for redemption i ve been waiting day and night i burn for you sondela sondela mama sondela i burn for you i ve been waiting for you all my life hoping for a miracle i ve been waiting day and night day and night i ve been waiting for you all my life waiting for redemption i ve been waiting day and night i burn for you burn for you i burn for you burn for you i burn for you burn for you i burn for you burn for you i burn for you burn for you i burn for you burn for you i burn for you