A Spade

i will not lie down
 on the wrongful groundwork laid
 while it's still a radical sound
 just to call a spade a spade
 dear friends, women and men
 please check my math once more
 in the totality of all war's history
 there's but one common denominator
 the answer is in the intention
 that lies behind the question
 put that on your standardized multiple choice
 i mean, how's this supposed to look to me?
 but half of divinity
 out there trying to make harmony
 with only one voice
 you know, i've got experience
 looking right past the obvious
 and i know what is so big and so close
 is always the hardest stuff
 for us to reckon with
 the hardest stuff to know
 dear friends, especially the women
 tell me are you up to the task
 of turning the wheel of human history
 at long last
 the answer is in the intention
 that lies behind the question
 put that on your standardized multiple choice
 i mean, how's this supposed to look to me?
 but half of divinity
 out there trying to make harmony
 with only one voice
 i will not lie down
 on the wrongful groundwork laid
 while it's still a radical sound
 just to call a spade a spade
 dear friends, women and men
 what better time to face
 that we've been looking for
 the answer to war
 in the wrong place