Tide Of Tears

Safe in the arms that hold your every moveThey've been waiting here for youYou've been weighing down the timeIn a place they tried to forgetIn a face they'd grow to regretThey pulled down the shadesCrawling Lord they're crawlingWould you catch them where they're fallingDo you hear them when they're callingThe water down here swells with the seeds of decayThrough the yearsHave the sins of our fathers swept our loveFor each other awayIn the tide of tearsSo as snakes in suits conduct their interviewsBodies floating down the avenueAnd it's our sickness to blameAin't no party blue or redWhere innocence for naught is shedIt's our choices it's our voices to be heardDrowning Lord they're drowningAnd the good Lord is frowningThe dark clouds are surroundingWe must decideBut while there's life there's hope for changeAs a culture we've got to rearrangeAin't no blind eye left to turnLying Lord they're lyingAnd the children keep dyingTheir mothers are cryingYou know we should be trying