Like Lions

(One, two, three...)

There are those among us willing To get by on anything Hollow hope of what is coming A lifetime dangled by a string

But this ocean dives so deeply And this river runs so wide I won't be counted one among them Until my soul is satisfied

Brick and brick of buried hunger Keeping all desire dark And then we are like lions We are tearing it apart

There are those among us lying Saying nothing is for free And then we are like lions And we will not leave until we eat

Playing kings and playing peasants Do we get what we are owed An eagle comes and talks of failure A rabbit offers up its throat

Will they buy even our breathing A river strangled by a dam Less than one percent are taken So tell me who dries up this land

Is it worse to see no future Is it worse to be afraid And then we are like lions Pumping fire in our veins

We are born with a perfect hunger We are born with a perfect need And then we are like lions And we are bearing all our teeth

It is coming down the mountain Fear that hoards you like a cold It wants to settle in your footprints Keep you still from where you're going

Aw, you think you know of losing Aw, you doubt of innocence That big sky still hangs above you Every day just wants to quit

There's no light you see to guide you And it scares you just the same And then we are like lions Nothing dares get in our way

See your faithless sails drifting And your truth just cut apart And then we are like lions We are golden in our hearts

And then we are like lions We are standing on two feet Hanging on the kitchen wall For everyone to see Get out your banjo So we can sing

There are winds that wrap and hold me There are whispers in the trees I cannot hold all that is sacred They are holding onto me

Kiss the years that all are dying Kiss the face that makes you stay They are in your rhythms walking They are showing you the way

Breath and breath above a sickness Shouting threats upon your life And then we are like lions We are fool enough to fight

It will cheat you in the balance Taking more than left to live And then we are like lions We are strong enough to give

And then we are like lions We are strong enough to give