A Prayer For The Sane - lyrics by Danny Schmidt

A PRAYER FOR THE SANE

Tear the world in half, the haves from have-not halves
They built a fire between us and hoped like hell to raise the Phoenix
Tear the world in two, the truths from the half-the-truths
The bald lies and the bad disguises from the facts and Nobel prizes

These were once good lands of good neighbors and good friends
We used to fight like dancers, one call with different answers
These were open lands and strangers were our future friends
But fences make for consequences, we're prisoners of our own defenses

Now our heart's been broken, we lost our way but found it stolen
Hidden in a storm of nothing, a hurricane of newsmen blushing
Now our eyes are bleeding, tears of the loss of reason
A pool of our own objections, we're honest men with no reflections

Here's the choice my sister, gentle warrior, fierce resistor
Fill the sky like blackbirds or sit and watch the world spin backwards
Here's the choice my brother, old soldier, different drummer
March hard to break the borders or stand guard the old world orders
Here's the choice my child, raise your hands and reconcile
While the king kneels down before us, it's time for you to rise in chorus

It's time to set our anger free
It's time for facts to shade beliefs
It's time to name the new north star
It's time for flames to skewer the dark
It's time to shake the voting booth
It's time for us to scream the truth

Now it's time my friends, it's time to make us whole again
Just as the world revolves, let's get these broken days resolved