Leyline — You can abide with me

Описание: A political anthem about defecting from public coordination for the sake of protecting the good. Assassinations, terrorism, and so on.

[Verse 1]
On what does civilization stand?
The fickle heart inside a man
A trust passed down from hand to hand
And goodwill sowed upon the land

[Chorus]
You can abide with me!
Though the gavel falls against me,
Though I weep for broken lives,
You can abide with me!

[Verse 2]
Is this the hour when blood is cheap?
Lay bodies in a bloody heap?
A bullet for a noble cause,
And mercy smite their evil laws?

[Chorus]
No, you can abide with me
(etc.)

[Verse 3]
My life is in my neighbor's hand
A crooked law but still it stands!
For love of such a fragile thing
I bury friends, and still I sing---

[Chorus]
You can abide with me
(etc.)

[Verse 4]
It's not enough for good to win
You need the law to pour it in
Tonight I keep the vessel strong
Tomorrow I will right the wrong

[Chorus]
You can abide with me
Though the gavel falls against me,
Though I weep for broken lives,
You can abide with me

[Verse 5]
The devil whispers, year by year,
They've gone too far, the end is near,
But who will pay, who heeds the call,
Gives one more inch to all on all?

[Chorus]
You can abide with me
Though the gavel falls against me
Though I weep for broken lives
You can abide with me

[Verse 6]
What world awaits the unborn child?
Oh, steel my heart when it grows wild.
For this, we leave our swords in place.
And year by year, we gather grace

[Final Chorus]
You can abide with me!
Though the gavel falls against me,
Though I weep for broken lives,
You can abide with with me!!