I’m Afraid for This Town

A moment stirred the great unrest
We tried to hold it down
The weeks and years could not attest
Humanity was drowned

Embittered hearts, embattered bones
We tried to hold it down
Now I’m afraid, I’m afraid, I’m afraid, I’m afraid
I’m afraid, I’m afraid for this town

It started out innocuous
And rattled down to gore
Before we knew as if we could
Our people were at war

Then in our homes the trouble started
To show it’s shapeless form
The troubled part, the troubled whole
It was yours, it was yours, it was yours

We did not vindicate ourselves
Or justify our call
The nation stands recalcitrant
In a hole, in a hole, in a hole

Embittered hearts, embattered bones
We tried to hold it down
Now I’m afraid, I’m afraid, I’m afraid, I’m afraid
I’m afraid, I’m afraid for this town