I’ve kept this silence fifty years
About the pain and the shame and the blood and tears
But when the silence broke it cracked like thunder
Now the weight of the world is gonna pull you under
Chorus
Take these bones, bury them deep
Lest they come back to haunt you
Take these bones, bury them deep
They’re gonna come back and haunt you

I’m the last of the bones they kept in the cupboard
The layer of dust thick on the cover
Of this book of secrets, ledger of lies
They want to bury it with me when I die
Chorus

A comfort woman from a comfort station
Two hundred thousand shames of a nation
And we won’t be hushed or denied
You can run from the truth but you can’t hide

‘Cause there’s a million sisters and daughters in line
Waiting to raise this voice of mine
And when the last of the comfort women are gone
These sisters and daughters will rattle my bones
These sisters and daughters will rattle my bones
Chorus