The Divide

They'll tell you what you want to hear Keep you wrapped in a world of fear But as your mind drifts and thinks on its own The tighter they constrict your zone So find something you enjoy Let it fill your cup But please don't take it for granted It's your only escape I'm sorry I don't wanna be an emperor That's not my business I don't want to rule or concur anyone I should like to help everyone if possible Jew, gentile, black man, white We all want to help one another Human beings are like that We want to live by each other's happiness Not by each other's misery We don't want to hate and despise one another This world has room for everyone And the good earth is rich And can provide for everyone A way of life can be free and beautiful But we have lost the way Greed has poisoned mens souls It has barricaded the world with hate Has goose stepped us into misery and bloodshed We have developed speed but we have shut ourselves in Machinery that gives us abundance has left us in want Our knowledge has made us cynical Our cleverness hard and unkind We think too much and feel too little More than machinery We need humanity More than cleverness We need kindness and gentleness Without these qualities life would be violent And all will be lost