Compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of all living beings… all part of one another, and all involved in one another. - Thomas Merton
In One Peace
© 2003 Matt Henry
Here today, gone tomorrow,
There's not enough time to wallow in the sorrow,
There's not enough time
To gargle the guilt.
Gotta swallow that now along with my pride,
Get some energy to move my hands from my side
With apathetic arms, nothing is built.
In one peace, we will learn
That compassion means more than preaching concern
If our friend's in the fire, our fingers must burn
If we believe in one peace.
Interrupt inconsistency
Otherwise just join the insistence
That injustice is ignored.
We, the few, hoard (whored) the necessities
Stolen from the rest so we can have accessories
Our greatest fear is being bored.
In one peace, we will learn
That compassion means more than preaching concern
If our foe's in the fire, our fingers must burn
If we believe in one peace.
Greed is good, if you're an idiot
The cries of the voiceless sound quite hideous
When they interrupt our nap.
Will we wake up to our responsibility
To let all live to the best of its ability
Or will we keep hiding in our crap?
The imbalance is quite ridiculous
The causes aren't quite inconspicuous
Yet, complacency and apathy work by stealth.
If we progress, magnify the gold,
I'll still have more than you can hold
You've got a problem with poverty?
You've got a problem with poverty?
You've got a problem with wealth.
In one peace, we will learn
That compassion means more than preaching concern
For the heart of Truth, our hearts all yearn
And we believe in one peace.
So here we are, it's so amazing,
Our hearts could burst, just gazing
At the awesome gifts of God's caring hands.
Do we give thanks for the chance to be pieces
For your beautiful grace never ceases
To bless us more than we understand.
In one peace, we will learn
That compassion means more than preaching concern
As we dance in the fire, foes into friends turn,
And if a friend is in love, then of love we will learn,
As we believe in one peace.
In One Peace
© 2003 Matt Henry
Here today, gone tomorrow,
There's not enough time to wallow in the sorrow,
There's not enough time
To gargle the guilt.
Gotta swallow that now along with my pride,
Get some energy to move my hands from my side
With apathetic arms, nothing is built.
In one peace, we will learn
That compassion means more than preaching concern
If our friend's in the fire, our fingers must burn
If we believe in one peace.
Interrupt inconsistency
Otherwise just join the insistence
That injustice is ignored.
We, the few, hoard (whored) the necessities
Stolen from the rest so we can have accessories
Our greatest fear is being bored.
In one peace, we will learn
That compassion means more than preaching concern
If our foe's in the fire, our fingers must burn
If we believe in one peace.
Greed is good, if you're an idiot
The cries of the voiceless sound quite hideous
When they interrupt our nap.
Will we wake up to our responsibility
To let all live to the best of its ability
Or will we keep hiding in our crap?
The imbalance is quite ridiculous
The causes aren't quite inconspicuous
Yet, complacency and apathy work by stealth.
If we progress, magnify the gold,
I'll still have more than you can hold
You've got a problem with poverty?
You've got a problem with poverty?
You've got a problem with wealth.
In one peace, we will learn
That compassion means more than preaching concern
For the heart of Truth, our hearts all yearn
And we believe in one peace.
So here we are, it's so amazing,
Our hearts could burst, just gazing
At the awesome gifts of God's caring hands.
Do we give thanks for the chance to be pieces
For your beautiful grace never ceases
To bless us more than we understand.
In one peace, we will learn
That compassion means more than preaching concern
As we dance in the fire, foes into friends turn,
And if a friend is in love, then of love we will learn,
As we believe in one peace.
