Here on the Ground-Luke Thompson

[00:08.90]Outside the door are [00:11.00]the empty the poor [00:13.00]Are the lives that are living no more [00:17.90]Some of them grievers [00:19.90]or broken believers [00:22.16]Or used in some meaningless war [00:26.90]Go see for yourself if you think it'll help [00:30.69]But I just cannot go there no more [00:35.20]Oh Lord I will not go outside the door [00:49.00]Down on the street [00:51.01]there's a rhythm a beat [00:53.20]You get caught up you'll never get free [00:58.23]A humming of heat to [01:00.05]a strumming of feet [01:02.05]You forget who you wanted to be [01:07.02]And under the madness [01:09.83]an echoing sadness [01:11.75]That whispers you'll never be free [01:16.19]No Lord I will not go down on the street [01:29.90]Out into the city the groosem the gritty [01:34.00]The lovers livers and lonely Away [01:39.44]From my eyes in the thick fog the cries [01:42.79]Of the bleeding broken and breaking [01:47.31]Your name there is nothing [01:49.57]the street signs are bluffing [01:52.00]They'll put you wherever they please [01:57.00]No Lord I will not go into the city [02:05.39]Im already jaded already I'm fading [02:10.15]There's nothing to learn or to know [02:14.50]Oh Lord I will not go [02:28.00]Under the bridge there [02:30.47]the shadowy ridge there [02:32.98]That hides and is keeping us hid [02:37.00]Where nothing is growing [02:39.01]nor sunlight is showing [02:41.02]Or shining on all that we did [02:45.78]And the rumble of cars [02:48.04]that goes bellowing past [02:50.31]They're just running away with the wind [02:55.20]No Lord I will not go under the bridge [03:13.10]Out into the battle they [03:15.48]lead you like cattle [03:17.48]And even they got their own laws [03:22.00]You wont be locked up there [03:24.76]nor shot or shocked up there [03:26.51]For shooting a man to the floor [03:31.00]They train you and break [03:33.04]you and reeducate you [03:35.55]But wont tell you why or what for [03:40.10]No Lord I will not go into the war [04:02.04]Up into the sky where [04:05.08]the great engines fly [04:06.84]Where they throw you [04:08.09]and roll you like dice [04:11.80]We've conquered the moon [04:13.62]with explosions and fumes [04:16.00]We have conquered the universe high [04:20.50]But Looking back down [04:22.39]there's a reasoning sound [04:24.90]That says nobody gets out alive [04:29.17]No Lord I will not go into Sky [04:38.00]There's no one around [04:40.20]just the beckoning sound [04:42.95]And there's no room [04:44.71]to dream or to grow [04:47.22]Oh Lord I will not go [04:58.00]Lord I will not go [05:10.94]Here on the Ground we [05:12.50]are lost we are found [05:14.20]We are lonely and spinning around [05:18.80]Away from the crowds [05:21.34]and the armies of clowns [05:23.84]Away from the carnival sounds [05:28.10]And out of the deep [05:30.12]where the tectonic sleeps [05:32.38]And darkness will follow you down [05:37.14]Oh Lord Just let me stay [05:41.67]Here on the Ground