Let It Be Me

sticks and stones
 battle zones
 a single light bulb
 on a single thread for the black
 sirens wail
 history fails
 rose-colored glass
 begins to age and crack
 while the politicians shadowbox
 the power ring
 in an endless split decision
 never solve anything
 from a neighbor's distant land
 i heard the strain of the common man
 let it be me
 (this is not a fighting song)
 let it be me
 (not a wrong for a wrong)
 let it be me
 if the world is night
 shine my life like a light
 well the world seems spent
 and the president
 has no good idea
 of who the masses are
 well i'm one of them
 and i'm among friends
 we're trying to see beyond
 the fences in our own backyards
 i've seen the kingdoms blow
 like ashes in the winds of change
 but the power of truth
 is the fuel for the flame
 so the darker the ages get
 there's a stronger beacon yet
 let it be me
 (this is not a fighting song)
 let it be me
 (not a wrong for a wrong)
 let it be me
 if the world is night
 shine my life like a light
 in the kind word you speak
 in the turn of the cheek
 when your vision stays clear
 in the face of your fear
 then you see turning out a light switch
 is their only power
 when we stand like spotlights
 in a mighty tower
 all for one and one for all
 then we sing the common call
 let it be me
 (this is not a fighting song)
 let it be me
 (not a wrong for a wrong)
 let it be me
 if the world is night
 shine my life like a light