HERE ON THE GROUND
Intro:
Outside the door are the empty, the poor
Are the lives that are living no more
Some of them grievers or broken believers
Or used in some meaningless war
Go see for yourself if you think it'll help
But I just cannot go there no more
Oh Lord, I will not go outside the door
Down on the street there's a rhythm, a beat
You get caught up, you'll never get free
A humming of heat to a strumming of feet
You forget who you wanted to be
And under the madness an echoing sadness
That whispers you'll never be free
Oh Lord, I will not go down on the street
Out into the city, the gruesome, the gritty
The lovers, livers and lonely
Away from my eyes in the thick fog, the cries
Of the bleeding, broken and breaking
Your name there is nothing, the street signs are bluffing
They'll put you wherever they please
Oh Lord, I will not go into the city
I’m already jaded
Already I'm faded
There's nothing to learn or to know
Oh Lord, I will not go
Under the bridge there, the shadowy ridge there
That hides and is keeping us hid
Where nothing is growing nor sunlight is showing
Or shining on all that we did
And the rumble of cars that goes bellowing past
They're just running away with the wind
Oh Lord, I will not go under the bridge
Out into the battle, they lead you like cattle
And even they got their own laws
You won’t be locked up there, nor shot or shocked up there
For shooting a man to the floor
They train you and break you, and re-educate you
But won’t tell you why or what for
Oh Lord, I will not go into the war
Up into the sky where the great engines fly
Where they throw you and roll you like dice
We've conquered the moon with explosions and fumes
We have conquered the universe high
But looking back down there's a reasoning sound
That says nobody gets out alive
Oh Lord, I will not go into sky
There's no one around
Just the beckoning sound
And there's no room to dream or to grow
Oh Lord, I will not go (I will not go)
Here on the ground we are lost, we are found
We are lonely, we're spinning around
Away from the crowds and the armies of clowns
Away from the carnival sounds
And out of the deep where the tectonic sleeps
And darkness will follow you down
Oh Lord, just let me stay here on the ground