I'm studying what makes the earth spin
And no, I guess, it's not all down to him
As we share and co-operate
We give to others and lift our state
And the land that we till is not under machine
Can someone else enter into your dream
When you're asleep
As I promise to keep
My bargain with duty and all the gold
I'm living my heart and I won't be told
What to do by someone with guns
But neither am I in service to nuns
I follow the beat and I self regulate
But I make mistakes, like what's up with that date
I had one time with destiny
It was a mistake and I'm coming to see
That trouble is winter and there is a sun
That shines through the clouds in what can't be done
And account for the loss of trying to fail
I give of my heart and it's not for sale
But I must find a way to cut through the tide
Make mountains move because I'm alive
And be the example in what is a rule
Live up to the promise that I had in school
What is a starship when it's at home
And must a tomcat always roam
Or be swan faithful by the sea
Like the Children of Lír that wait for me
And was there some kind of ancient fable
That monumental on the table
Made enough bread for us all to eat
But there's millions in the bank and death on the street
How can we let this continue
As if loss is on the menu
And the rolling hills of vagabonds
Play the fool like two dumb blondes
And I know this is not the female's fault
But we go along with the lie we've bought
As a child not of our womb
Starves to death in an empty room
Full of faces who just placade
And there are millions in that state
As we deny, deny
We just simply shouldn't try
To bring this to fruition
Just spending more on ammunution
Seems to relieve a conscience broke
From all the words we have not spoke
And I cannot speak for myself
Because I have my own story of wealth
And how I try to keep it from my door
But if I had it I could give more
And make a change on that plain
But what if I could not contain
The contempt and the corruption
Like Vesuvius and eruption
Like lava and all it encases
The modern history and what it erases
Or geography to keep us asleep
To the promise that together would keep
And am I just out on the run
Or do I speak to some
Who feel the same way I do
The conundrum and me and you
The world as we know it
Is in rapid decline
I'd love to say something
Like it's all just fine
And it would be true
To a degree
But there's something that's calling
Of the ocean to me
And we're building cities
Up from the ground
But there are people crying
Because of the sound
Of war drums that beat
To the rhythm of people's feet
As they march across the sand
While economists talk of
The invisible hand
But we gotta make a move
To make a change
As the atoms stratify
And rearrange
Into a new form
And is the sun warm
What a question to ask!
Are we able
Or up to the task?
And we've got this spirit
Running our veins
And I can't tolerate
All the pain
That the interpretation creates
I see us all in better states
Where we make a duty more than law
But the reason why the ice thaw
As my compassion heats the storm
Is there a world that could be too warm?
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