Paralyzed

"Paralyzed"

I look out to the fields

where blood is shed upon the ground

I breathe in, breathe out

change the channel, (mute) the sound

I take a match, a cigarette, and a walk to clear my head

stomach seething at the thought of all those (human beings dead)

I breathe in, breathe out

I'm going to an interview

about a song, three minutes long

that will mean nothing to you

especially when your dearest friend

was sent to cover Kosovo

his last assignment brought a bullet

and now he's gone, he's gone

feels like I'm (fiddling) while Rome is burning down

should I put my (fiddle) down and rise up from the ground

God give me strength to pray that You will set things right

'cause I'm paralyzed, I'm paralyzed

there was a (Christian) in the office

sent to tell the wife (the news)

fell in shock, the baby kicked, shed a tear inside the womb

I breathe in, breathe out

soak the ground up with my eyes

I try to say a healing word

but my tongue is paralyzed

feels like I'm (fiddling) while Rome is burning down

should I put my (fiddle) down and rise up from the ground

God give me strength to pray that You will set things right

'cause I'm paralyzed, I'm paralyzed