What Are We Standing For

An adventure in secular morality Shouldn't be an insurrection to us all And a counterfeit political currency Shouldn't stand there as a patriotic call All the vitriol and hyperbole Testifies to vacant humanity And the rabble that is pounding at the door Don't know what they're standing for anymore Find some understanding for Those who kneel to implore Know just what they're standing for What's the lasting legacy Of the humanistic progress that we made? Or the blood that spilled for someone else's Profit but would never be repaid? There's the useless hope of the afterlife But it can't assuage all the toil and strife And the pious who were promised so much more Don't know what they're standing for anymore Show some understanding for Those who can't hope for more Know just what they're standing for, oh oh oh Find some understanding for Those who kneel to implore Know just what they're standing for There's a sound in the attic Of memories erratic A firm resolution For an eternal constitution The bravery of self-defense Against the pull of ignorance I shudder to adore Those who don't know what they're standing for Find some understanding for Those who can't hope for more Know just what they're standing for, oh oh oh Be someone who's standing for Take a knee on the floor Know just what you're standing for