Stonewall

STONEWALL - Written by Carroll Bryant

"I turn on the television, and see it all around me. Pain. Suffering. Hurt. Human tragedy. Mother Nature lashing out against the world and its inhabitants, who choose to destroy its beauty. The uncanny happenstance of forces which we cannot control yet we live our day to day lives knowing full damn good and well that at any certain moment, it could happen to us. Or do we lie to ourselves and lay claim that 'it only happens to the other person'? I suppose I have been most fortunate that nothing too extreme has ever happened to me, but I know that could change on a dime. Nonetheless, I watch the images on the screen as people, with all of this so-called knowledge, stare in shock at the destruction they thought they were immune to. I stand there and watch it. I stand there and watch it all. I stand there like a .... stonewall."

They're screaming out for mercy 

As the flood flows through their yard

Earthquakes leave them shaken 

And it's eating at their heart

Fires burned their life away

As smoke fills up their head

Tragedy has left their loved ones

Written off as dead

They're fighting for survival

And their sweat becomes their blood

They're praying for their Jesus

To spare a little love

They're running down a hallway

Like they're looking for a door

Their neighbor walks in shadows

And he's raping all the pretty girls

I see it all around me 

As their faces paint the fear

Buried underground

Now let me make it absolutely clear

I'm standing like a stonewall

Watching all your tribal wars

I'm steady and I don't fall

Standing like a stonewall

I'm standing like a stonewall

Watching all your tribal wars

I'm steady and I won't fall

Standing like a stonewall

Caught up in the riots

Watch them running from the knife

Lonely women search for husbands

Men seek out a wife

They're passing out the money

Take it back expecting more

Buy a gun to have some fun

Until you just can't have no more

Apprehending suspects 

Has become a special game

Getting caught then getting off

Because everyone's insane

They're feeding off of messages

That spilll from evil tongues

While having sex and sex and sex

And sexed until it kills them

I hear it all around me

And they're screaming from the pain

Buried underground

Now let me make this absolutely plain

I'm standing like a stonewall

Watching all your tribal wars

I'm steady and I don't fall

Standing like a stonewall

I'm standing like a stonewall

Watching all your tribal wars

I'm steady and I won't fall

Standing like a stonewall

Wake up in the morning

And we find the bed a mess

Competition everyday

Working for that success

We know what we want

We know what we need

We know what we want

All to want to succeed

All the men

All the women

All to want is not what's given

To laugh

To cry

To work

Achieve 

To destroy

To all we know we must bleed

Everyone can suck-seed

I smell it all around me

And with it I can tell

We're digging up ungrateful deads

On our way to holy hell

I'm standing like a stonewall

Watching all your tribal wars

I'm steady and I don't fall

Standing like a stonewall

I'm standing like a stonewall

Watching all your tribal wars

I'm steady and I won't fall

Standing like a stonewall

I'm standing like a stonewall

A stonewall that never falls