Be More Kind

History's been leaning on me, lately

I can feel the future breathing down my neck

And all the things I thought were true, when I was young and you

Were too, turned out to be broken, and I don't know what comes next

In a world that has decided

That it's going to lose it's mind

Be more kind, my friends

Try to be more kind

They've started raising walls around the world now

Like hackles raised upon a cornered cat, on the borders in our heads

Between the things that can and can't be said, we stopped talking

To each other, and there's something wrong with that

So, before you go out searching

Don't decide what you will find

Be more kind, my friends

Try to be more kind

You should know you're not alone

And trouble comes and trouble goes

How this ends, no one knows

So, hold on tight when the wind blows

The wind blew both of us to sand and sea

And where the dry lands stands is hard to say

As the current drags us by the shore, we can no longer say for sure

Who's drowning or if they can be saved

And when you're out there floundering like a lighthouse I will shine

Be more kind, my friends, try to be more kind

Like a beacon reaching out to you and yours, for me and mine

Be more kind, my friends, try to be more kind

In a world that has decided

That it's going to lose it's mind

Be more kind, my friends

Try to be more kind