A Better World
More and more people, with less and less to do
Feeling so much farther away, but crowded out too
And all the walls we've built between us, it feels like they're closing in
The pressure building up behind our eyes
Here, they're handing out the pitchforks, they're sharpening the stakes
Chanting "Fate must be claimed, and this is what it takes!"
And our naked flagpoles take up the nearest flame
Searching for a sheath, and shroud, the same
Meanwhile, time's a turnstile
And stepping on, is stepping through
A better world begins right here
With me and you
Meanwhile, I can smile
I can tap the beach ball along
And be present with my company
Sharing a song
Around the round table, they're playing musical chairs
But no one's waiting for the silence, to take what's theirs
With every single voice pleading to be heard
It makes it hard to make out a single word
So cry as you might cry, sing as you might sing
This highway's just too loud to hear a goddamned thing
It's the song of our cicadas, all the static in our hair
So many pairs of lungs fighting for the air
Meanwhile, time's a turnstile
And it's a choice, to step on through
A better world begins right now
With me and you
Meanwhile, I can listen
I can spare a spot of glue
To brighten my own soul
With a feather of you
Change can only ever begin, from within
Yes, it's here in the heart, where the movement must start
It's a beautiful day, to live the way
That we know that we should, that brings out the good
Just living in the moment, blessed in our bestowment
Holding it down, with our roots in the ground
We might be surrounded by storm, we'll keep it warm
If we're feeding the fire, down home in the Shire
These jostling billboards, blocking out the views
The beckoning crises, the ever-breaking news
And all these neon portals, drawing us down every direction
Deepening the cracks in our reflection
Coaxed into the hoax of comfort, diverted off the scene
Dissolved in our distraction, filtered through the screen
We might pull against the current, try to make it to our feet
But our baby's blanket nails us to our seat
Meanwhile, time's a turnstile
Might take a life, to step on through
A better world begins at once
With me and you
Meanwhile, the doorbell's ringing
The birds are singing me awake
To a truth I needn't question
Too fleeting to fake
Meanwhile... meanwhile...
