G5
I been walking a tightrope between fact and fiction
E5
I been wrestling with demons in small bottled prisons
C5
I been talking with sinners who claim to be Christian
D5
I been shouting at leaders who claim to be listening


G5
& the pendulum swings from the left to the right
E5
and momentum increases the need for the fight
C5
Like a moment of blindness in a lifetime of sight
D5                              G5
& I am caught somewhere in the middle


G5
I saw a president blind to the needs of his people
E5
I saw a camel that passed through the eye of a needle
C5
I saw a group of old men whose money was evil
D5
I saw a cross breaking free from the cage of a steeple
G5
I saw beggars and cripples dying in squalor
E5
I saw a son whose sins had exceeded his father
C5
I saw a nation of sleepers whose dreams were forgotten
D5
& a bushel of apples from a tree that was rotten


G5
& the pendulum swings from the left to the right
E5
as momentum increases the need for the fight
C5
Like a blindfold when its time to walk towards the light
D5                            G5
& I am lost somewhere in the middle


G5
I heard the echo of suffering in the valley of laughter
E5
I heard the rumble of earthquakes far under the water
C5
heard a court jester whose forked tongue was twisted
D5
Who told us of dangers that never existed
G5
I heard voices that claimed to be moral and righteous
E5
Whose lies and deceit were all dark and contagious
C5
I heard talk of a country that valued its freedom
D5
But when I protested I was arrested and beaten


G5
& the pendulum swings from the left to the right
E5
As momentum increases the weight and the height
C5
But if nobody's listening, is anyone right?
D5                                     G5
& I can't seem to find the key to the riddle


G5
I met a young woman with a baby inside her
E5
I looked but there wasn't a safe place to hide her
C5
I met an old man with a face like a mirror
D5
He showed me his sadness so I could see clearer


G5
I met an arrogant leader who robs us and cheats us
E5
He pretends that his orders come directly from Jesus
C5
When he sends out our children to strange foreign soil
D5
To kill for the right to monopolize oil


G5
I'm a raising my voice 'gainst the house of derision
E5
That murders our freedom with short-sighted vision
C5
I'll sing a new song about civilization
D5
& the palace of wisdom and the death of a nation


G5
I'll lift up the veil that's hiding the holy
E5
& remind all the people that change happens slowly
C5
I'll scream out a name to the echoes of Heaven
D5
& pray that the world don't end up where its heading


G5
& the pendulum swings from the left to the right
E5
as momentum decreases the end is in sight
C5
There's a lunatic handling our future tonight
D5                            G5
& I am lost somewhere in the middle