Here are some lyrics that have been caught inside my head recently with Derek Webb's song "This Too Shall Be Made Right" on his new album, The Ringing Bell.
people love you the most for the things you hate
and hate you for loving the things you cant keep straight
people judge you on a curve
and tell you you're getting what you deserve
and this too shall be made right
children cannot learn when children cannot eat
stack them like lumber when children cannot sleep
they dream of drinking wells that can quench all the fires of hell.
and this too shall be made right
the earth and the sky and sea are all holding their breath
wars and abuses have nature groaning with death
we say were just trying to stay alive, it looks so much like another way to die
and this too shall be made right
theres a time for peace, theres a time for war
theres a time to forgive and time to settle the score
a time for babies to lose their lives
a time for hunger and genocide
and this too shall be made right
i don't know the suffering of people out my front door
and i join the oppressors of those we choose to ignore
i am trading comfort for human lives
thats not just murder its suicide
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