Flags

Come, tell me your trouble I'm not your answer But I'm a listening ear Reality has left you reeling All facts and no feeling No faith and all fear I don't know why a good man will fall While a wicked one stands And our lives blow about Like flags on the land Who's at fault is not important Good intentions lie dormant And we're all to blame While apathy acts like an ally My enemy and I are one and the same I don't know why the innocents fall While the monsters still stand And our lives blow about Like flags on the land I don't know why our words are so proud Yet their promise so thin And our lives blow about Like flags in the wind You who mourn will be comforted You who hunger will hunger no more All the last shall be first Of this I am sure You who weep now will laugh again All you lonely, be lonely no more Yes, the last will be first Of this I'm sure I don't know why the innocents fall While the monsters stand I don't know why the little ones thirst But I know the last shall be first I know the last shall be first I know the last shall be first