The Violence

Dancing on the crumbling precipice The rocks are coming loose just at the edge Are we laughing Are we crying Are we drowning Are we dead Or is it all a dream The bombs are getting closer everyday That could never happen here we used to say Have these wars come to our doorstep Has this moment finally come Or is it all a dream Are we not good enough Are we not brave enough Is the violence in our nature Just the image of our maker Are we not good enough Are we not brave enough To become something greater Than the violence in our nature Are we not good, good enough Or is it all a dream To a predetermined fate are we condemned Or maybe we're a book without an end We're not stories, we're not actors We're awake and in control And this is not a dream So can we break this mold And set in motion something new Forgetting what we know An evolution overdue Fight the current Pull the ripcord Get away Are we not good enough Are we not brave enough Is the violence in our nature Just the image of our maker Are we not good enough Are we not brave enough To become something greater Than the violence in our nature Are we not good, good enough Well trodden paths are all we take We need a storm, let's pray for rain now To wash these roads away Let's get off track and wander far Same roads lead to same destinations Follow nothing but your heart We're talking in our sleep And sleeping through our lives And we dream of the places where we never die We step from the shadows and into the light Are we not good enough Are we not brave enough Is the violence in our nature Just the image of our maker Are we not good enough Are we not brave enough To become something greater Than the violence in our nature Are we not good enough Are we not brave enough Are we not good, good enough Or was it all a dream