One day I looked up and there you were Like a simple question looking for an answer Now I am a whale listening to some inner call Swimming blindly to throw myself upon your shores But what if I don't find you when I have landed Would you leave me here to die on your shores stranded? I think I know why the dog howls at the moon. I think I know why the dog howls at the moon.
I say: "Dela! Dela! Ngiyadela! (Content, content I am content) When I am with you! Dela! Sondela Mama Sondela! (Closer, closer, come closer mama) I burn for you!
Chorus: 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'm a-lone 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 I think I know why the dog howls at the moon. I think I know why the dog howls at the moon.
I say: "Dela! Dela! Ngiyadela! (Content, content I am content) When I am with you! Dela! Sondela Mama Sondela! (Closer, closer, come closer mama) I burn for you!