This Day

Hey maybe we can find the strength to turn off the tv

and shake off those static gods that suffocate our abilities

I turn around and time has gone to the places that I’ve been

It makes me wonder where my friends have gone

and why I never let them in

Where are the righteous ones? they said that they’d be here

It seems the clock is running down in a world consumed with fear

the line has been clearly drawn on the very ground we stand

I feel the rising of a bloody dawn, and my soul is in demand

 I can feel the thunder, I can taste the rain

Can’t you tell, it’s in the air

it’s a crazy world out there

and time belongs to no man

there’s not a woman alive not meant to feel the shame

and every child on this earth goes unprotected

won’t you be my friend and take my hand

and get me through this day

cause everything I feel right now is blowing me away

Did you see the towers fall? Did you hear those people scream?

and everything that went  before was only just a dream

A scrap of someone’s uniform is blowing down the street

the winds of change have picked it up

and it’s settled at my feet

We all kneeled and prayed for grace but truly, in the end

We saw that the evil face belonged to us, not them

so I will reach across this line, I’ll take a chance and say

I know that we can make this climb if you take my hand this day