Equilibrium

Pacing, trembling trying to hold onto the ambition For unity Why don't they see? Their voices trickle through I know what they say They want you They want you cold I believed I found a way To shelter them from this A useless pain I guess I misjudged us Will we change? Can we change? I never wanted to hold fate in my hand Although a voice stirs when you speak They want you buried and forgotten for good reason I know a name is all they need He must change We must not break Did you tempt them into this? I know their fathers probably did Did you look into their eyes to find A mutual lie Did you turn to watch them fall? Or does their blood mean nothing at all I look to the crowd to see at last That I cannot differ their faces from masks Why'd you have to try to touch the sky? And after all you've seen I cut out a piece of heaven From a world of disease You had to go and take a bite Gritting but I admit The fruit looks oh so sweet I will I know I must A loss for man, a loss for us A wolf will not give up meat Just to let another sleep A choice we make it's hard to break It's how we are it's how we're made One day a light might shine through So bright it could convince you To pause from reaching for the sky To count the steps we've left behind One day we might change