A: They thought they could bury us
dig a hole(x) dig a hole dig a deep hole
They thought they could bury us
dig a hole, dig a hole dig a deep down hole (×2)
B: But they didn’t know that we were seeds
carrying within us the germ of life
And they didn’t know when they put us in that hole
it was the place
that very place where new life begins
Repeat A and B
C: Dig a hole deep down we shall rise (×8)