Tide of Tears

Safe in the arms that hold your every move
 They've been waiting here for you
 You've been weighing down the time.
 And in a place they're trying to forget
 And in a face they grow to regret
 They pull down
 They pull down the shades.
 Crawling
 Oh, they're crawling.
 Can you save them, now they're crawling?
 Will you catch them if they're falling?
 Do you hear them when they're calling?
 And the water down here
 Swells with the seeds of decay
 Through the years.
 And the sins of our fathers
 Swept our love for each other away
 In the tide
 In the tide
 In the tide of tears.
 Snakes in suits conduct their interviews
 Bodies floating down the avenue
 And it's our sickness,
 And it's our sickness to blame.
 Ain't no party blue or red
 Where innocence for naught is she'd
 And it's our choices
 And it's our voices to be heard
 Drowning
 Oh, they're drowning
 And the good Lord is frowning,
 And the dark clouds are surrounding,
 We must decide.
 And the water down here
 Swells with the seeds of decay
 Through the years.
 And the sins of our fathers
 Swept our love for each other away
 In the tide
 In the tide
 In the tide of tears, now
 Tide of tears, now
 In the tide
 In the tide
 Oh yeah.
 While in this life there's hope for change
 And as a culture now got to rearrange,
 Ain't no blind eye left to turn.
 Lying
 Oh, they're lying
 And the children keep dying
 And the mothers are crying
 Don't you know we should be trying.
 And the water down here
 Swells with the seeds of decay
 Through the years.
 And the sins of our fathers
 Swept our love, our love away.
 In the tide
 In the tide
 In the tide
 In the tide of tears.