Be

When all the worst we fear lets fall its weight When the gyre widens on a window, wave breaks When St. Peter loses cool and bars the gates When Atlas acts the maggot and makes his arms shake When the birds are heard again in their singin' Once atrocity is hoarse from voicin’ shame And when the earth is trembling on some new beginnin' With the same sweet shock of when Adam first came [Pre-Chorus] Be, be, be, be, be Be as you've always been Be, be, be, be, be Be as you’ve always been [Chorus 1] Be as you've always been Be like the love that discovered the sin That freed the first man, would do so again And, lover, be good to me Be that hopeful feeling when Eden was lost It's been deaf to our laughter since the master was crossed Which side of the wall will suffer that cost? Oh, lover, be good to me [Verse 2] When the man who gives the order Is born next time 'round on the boat sent back When the bodies starvin' at the border Or on TV givin' people the sack Oh, when the sea rises to meet us Oh, when there's nothin' left for you and I to do Oh, when there’s nobody upstairs to receive us When I have no kind words left, love for you [Pre-Chorus] Be, be, be, be, be Be as you’ve always been Be, be, be, be, be Be as you've always been [Chorus 2] Be love in its disrepute Scorches the hillside and salts every root And watches the slowin’ and starvin' of troops And, lover, be good to me Be there and you stare as you stand Or be like the rose that you hold in your hand I will grow bold in a battered and desolate land Oh, lover, be good to me [Outro] Love, won't you be Love, won't you be Be as you’ve always been? Love, won't you be Love, won't you be Be as you've always been? Love, won't you be Love, won't you be Be as you've always been? Love, won't you be Love, won't you be Be as you've always been?