Plea

9/11/02

The world has turned but I’m still here

Although my friends all say there’s nothing to fear

Some tell me that heaven’s mine to take

But it seems that death’s a lie when all of life’s a fake

Oh how I have missed the days

Oh how I can count the ways

Oh how I have slipped and fell

Oh how I have lived through hell

The world it turns but leaves me behind

Though we don’t see it we are all half blind

Confucius said we all start with clean slate

But instead we’ve all turned to hate

The fat, the black, the queer, the Jew

They are all the same as you

Spend a day in some other shoes

Then see how you pick and choose

The world it turns, but here I am

Once again I’ve fallen away from them

Alone I stand on my own two feet

With my own thoughts echoing my own needs

The world is yours, the world is mine

How can we stop it from being blind

No more labels for you to call

We’re all human after all

We all want to rule the earth

Showing everyone what we’re worth

But before the world can turn

We’ve all got to stand against what’s wrong