Jan Krist: Hope

Gor Chahal: Protest Song, 1998

Jan Krist: Hope

Let’s talk about fear

And the toll that it takes on us every day

And pain, grief and doubt

And the way that it pulls us inside out

If you believe nothing’s gonna change

Just leaves you prisoner to the pain

But what makes the abused refuse to back down?

What makes the broken stand their ground?

What makes the heart start to believe?

What is the gift that faith receives?

What is the soul of the mystery?

What breaks the hold of brutality?

Hope with its eyes wide open

Hope with its will unbroken

Hope

And let’s talk about what has become

Of the trust that we gave and the things we have done

And faith in something bigger than us

More true than people who vie for our trust

Trust is used, truth is betrayed

How’s anything gonna change?

But what makes the abused refuse to back down?

What makes the broken stand their ground?

What makes the heart start to believe?

What is the gift that faith receives?

What is the soul of the mystery?

What breaks the hold of brutality?

Hope with its eyes wide open

Hope with its will unbroken

Hope

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