Yes we've been hit by a sucker punch

Minding the business of progress, there was a bad one in the bunch

Rubbing our jaws, rising up slowly from the dust

Shaking our heads and wondering what just happened to us

I've spent all my life thinking we could have a meeting of the minds

When I was a child, I thought like a child, and now it's not like I'm Einstein

But there's satisfaction in knowing the equal and opposite reaction

Fly, with the flock

Over the land and the cities of the nation

You'll know your moves simply by joining in the murmuration

Black wings across a beautiful sky, fly

I'll be honest, there are times I hang on hour to hour

But the clear voice of my conscience speaks to me like a higher power

And I look to the North Dakota lands where they're laying their lives down

Science and prophecy say you can't penetrate the sacred crown so

Fly, with the flock

Over the land and the cities of the nation

You'll know your moves simply by joining in the murmuration

Black wings across a beautiful sky, fly

And they were very sad, and they asked him, "Is it I? Is it I?"

And you will ask that question, get your answer by and by

I can't pretend to feel or know anyone else's sorrow

But I've had a little of my own, and so as we face tomorrow

If you're in need of an ally, I'll be by your side

We've been given wings, songs to sing, and when they hold us down

We're just bound to

Fly, with the flock

Over the land and the cities of the nation

You'll know your moves simply by joining in the murmuration

Fly, with the flock

Over the land and the cities of the nation

You'll know your moves simply by joining in the murmuration

Black wings across a beautiful sky, fly