The Evil That Men Do

We lost touch for a while

Now we're reconnecting

I don't know how you feel, how you feel

Things have changed my perception

It seems to me

First there needs to be

An admission of guilt

For what we did

For all we see

Atonement

Beg for forgiveness

Bear witness

Be humble

Beg for forgiveness

Bear witness

Be humble

The evil that men do

I have these ideals and dreams

Who would blame me if I don't stick to them?

It's okay to let plans crumble and fall

Into the ditch we have kicked them

Beg for forgiveness

Bear witness

Be humble

Beg for forgiveness

Bear witness

Be humble

The evil that men do

As I wade slowly in the water

Through the weeds and over rocks

I try not to stumble and fall

And not give up

I lose my composure

My sense of being one

There's a place I can aim for

The evil that men do

I don't want to break this up

But I built the whole thing up

Right from the ground right up

Ground right up, ground right up

I don't want to bend the rules

But there's pressure on this fool

And it makes me tear it up, tear it up, tear it up

Do not ask for permission, beg for forgiveness

Then get down to business, do it with the quickness

Move fast and break things, don't ask and take things

The powers that be make cash and hate things

Lately, it's been smoke rings on everything

World on fire, been hoping for better things

Electing the ones pandering and meddling

Pedal to the metal, then back to backpedaling

Upset, can't see the sunset, it's unsettling

Unrest at every address, here come to reckoning

Silence is deafening, press is unquestioning

Pressure is deepening, leaders are unwelcoming

Don't know the cost, then you better pay attention

Bear witness to the price of ambition

Stare at the eclipse, even though you know the risk

Lift your head, don't fall in the abyss

The evil that men do

Lift your head, raise the dead

Stop the voice that holds it down

Lift your head, raise the dead

Stop the voice that holds it down