Originals

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I hear their battle cries

And in their eyes

What I see terrifies me

Fervor rises, we can smell the hate

Envisioning their better world

They pump their fists

And slogans hurl

No rationale can reach them

In this state 

How long will this take?

Our very homeland is at stake

Yes, it is flawed

But it is already great

We wish no one to go hungry

Not one soul without a bed

Our mission should be one of love

And yet we find instead

We're losing sight 

Of the light ahead 

There are no bombs or tanks

Within our ranks

To crush us as we sleep

A truth that we all keep

Within our heart

But things can change

We all know that

A bomb can burst in seconds flat

The greatest empire, Rome,

Doomed from the start

Politicians play their power games

So few are here to serve

How dare they have the nerve

To supersede us?

We are numbers, mere abstractions

All their rhetoric, distractions

Yet in the end it's clear

That they still need us 

How long will this take?

Our very homeland is at stake

Yes, it is flawed

But it is already great

We wish no one to go hungry

Not one soul without a bed

Our mission should be one of love

And yet we find instead

We're losing sight

Of the light ahead 

America, will you fall down,

As many empires do?

America, my home sweet home

I still want to believe in you

How long will this take?

Our very homeland is at stake

Yes, we are flawed

But we are already great

We wish no one to go hungry

Not one soul without a bed

Our mission should be one of love

And yet we find instead

We're losing sight

Of the light ahead 

Don't lose sight 

Of the light ahead

America 

A rainy night in Troy

It pours down from the sky 

Where do all the unhoused go

For shelter to keep dry?
Inside the private spaces

Of this privileged world we know

It isn't always easy

To see what doesn't show

As I was walking to my car

I caught a woman's eye

And I'm ashamed now to admit

That I just passed her by
How can I do a thing to help?

My heart breaks every day

Five dollars and smile to give

It seems the only way

We live in a world

Undoubtedly unfair

Where people standing near to us

Are burdened with despair

If we cannot change the world

At least we can be kind

A smile, a nod, a show of love

A little light from up above

Be the change you want to see

Don't help things to remain

Just try to be A shelter in the rain

Sunny hot, unbearable

The city's heat consumes

Not everyone can find relief

From the concrete and the fumes

The cool lives in the light of day

In a refuge for the few

Places neatly tucked away

I know them, so do you

We live in a world

Undoubtedly unfair

Where people standing near to us

Are burdened with despair

If we cannot change the world

At least we can be kind

A smile, a nod, a show of love

A little light from up above

Be the change you want to see

Don't help things to remain

Just try to be 

A shelter in the rain

I can sing this song all day

But I can't make it go away

Desperate in need are we

To see each other free

A rainy night in Troy

Shadows pass by on the street

I sigh and wonder at it all

Yet in my heart I keep

A lasting hope, a burning love

A little light from up above

I will be a keeper of the flame

I will try to be a shelter in the rain

A lasting hope, a burning love

A little light from up above

I will be a keeper of the flame

I will try to be a shelter

I will try to be a shelter

We must try to be 

The shelter in the rain 

Long before this place had a name

Centuries ago

It was home to countless souls

Whose stories we'll never know

But not everyone is lost to us

Gone with the winds of time

Through our history

We keep the memories

Of some of these people alive

Their names continue to thrive

A man named William Palmer

Was a friend to those not his kin

By their side he battled to save their land

So they named this place after him

So they named this place after him

Duncan McGregor, he built on the hill

A hotel where his business he plied

One day that would be home

To President Grant

The mountain upon which he died

The mountain upon which he died

Wilton, Wilton, your story isn't done

It continues into the future

With every rising sun

Palmertown soon became a place

Where commerce was gaining a hold

Sadly natives left here 

When the new days arrived

Gone were the days of old

Gone were the days of old

Mary Brainerd kept a diary

Of her life back in nineteen and ten

If we read these pages, we can see

What life looked like way back then

What life looked like way back then

Wilton, Wilton, your story isn't done

It goes on into the future

With every rising sun

For a time, small farms existed here

Communities sharing the load

But they faded away

With the changing of times (and)

New industry just down the road

New industry just down the road

Between two larger cities

One above and one below

It's a peaceful and beautiful place to live

Where families thrive and grow

Where families thrive and grow

Wilton, Wilton, your story isn't done

It goes on into the future

With every setting sun

And every rising sun

With every setting sun

And every rising sun

Here at home in Wilton

I'm Elizabeth, like the queen

I'm Liz Taylor like on the screen

No matter what you see

I'm still the same

I'm a novice and I'm a sage

And I'm waiting to come of age

With each moment

I'm just trying to play the game

You know a rose is still a rose

By any name

I'm a sister and I'm a friend

I'm a mother until the end

I'll be all these things 

Until my life has flown

And the path that has led me here

Has been anything but clear

But there's till one truth

My heart has always known

That a rose is still a rose

All on its own

Behind all of this masquerade

We are more alike than not

But I am also guilty 

Of believing in the plot

The truth, it seems, is something

Somehow we forgot

We've been through so much to get here

Made a pilgrimage through the fear

Each one of us 

Has had our share for sure

We rejoice in what we know

As we let our love light show

And we open up our hearts

Just like a door

We know a rose is still a rose

A rose is still a rose

For evermore

How did you get here? 

Just who let you in?

I can't understand this

Here we go again

The masses are enchanted

The bar is hanging low

Smoke and mirrors win the day

As you start your show

Time will tell if this is hell

They believed - your magic spell

The world out there is watching

They sigh in disbelief

Progress that we made

Makes a swift retreat

Rights for all, watch them fall

Who will hear our desperate call?

Turn, turn, watch the world turn

Will we ever learn?

You ain't bright

But you put on quite a show

The emperor is wearing

A brand-new set of clothes

On the edge of the ledge

It's our fault - we made our bed

Yes we did - we made our bed

Things were going good for awhile

But then we let it slip

Got a hole in the hull

Now it's time to turn the ship

It's become a problem

For every last one of us

This tiny ball of blue it's true has become

Dangerous

Had it good growin up

Never knew a single consequence

But we've burned every bridge since then

And torn down every fence

Mother earth is hurting now

And I think we've lost her trust

She sees us for what we are to her

Dangerous

Sometimes I feel locked inside

Like I really don't have a choice

Now it's gotten to the point

Where none of us has a voice

Not a single one of us 

It's dangerous

In one hundred years from now

That coastline won't look the same

Florida will be under water

That'll be a brand-new game

It feels like we don't believe

The change is up to us

The way that it has got to be

It's not an 'if' it's a 'must'

It's dangerous

Powerless, we look on 

While greed takes over the land

The road ahead does not look good

The wheel's slippin out of our hands

When we first got here on this ride

It was do or die or bust

But we forgot our way back home

We lost control of the bus

It's dangerous

Where we gonna go?

It's the only home we know

And it's facing all of us

It's dangerous