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