World On A String

Hope, oh how she sings

She’ll make you feel like a child

With the world tied to a string

Hope, oh how she cries

When we forget to place our bets

On love instead of lies

Hope, oh how she runs

Like a horse inside our hearts

She rides for everyone

Hope, oh how she falls

When we widen the divide and

Place more bricks up on that wall

We are fragile and we are strong

We’ve seen the light and we’ve been wrong

But she’s been out there all along

Hope, how she smiles

Like a mother to her daughter

As she’s walking down the aisle

Hope, how she weeps

When we can’t love who we love

Oh that pain runs awful deep

Hope, oh how she shines

When we feel the breeze that shakes the trees

And pick up on her signs

Hope, she turns away

When we ignore the open door

’Cause we’re just too damn afraid

We’ve been proud and been ashamed

But we still show up and play the game

And she’ll be out there all the same

We’ve gone astray and we’ve been found

We soar the skies and hit the ground

But she keeps us spinning round and round

Hope, oh how she thrives

When we break the chains

And go against the grains

To save a single life

Hope, oh she gets lost

When we give in to our anger

No matter what the cost

Hope, oh how she sings

She’ll make you feel like a child

With the world tied to a string