Weeping

I knew a man who lived in fear

It was huge, it was angry, it was drawin' near

Behind his house a secret place

Was the shadow of the demon he could never face

He built a wall of steel and flame

And men with guns to keep it tame

Then standin' back, he made it plain

That the nightmare would never ever rise again

But the fear and the fire and the guns remain

It doesn't matter now, it's over anyhow

He tells the world that it's sleepin'

But as the night came round, I heard its lonely sound

It wasn't roarin', it was weeping

It wasn't roarin', it was weeping

Whoa

And then one day the neighbors came

They were curious to know about the smoke and flame

They stood around outside the wall

But of course, there was nothin' to be heard at all

My friends he said, we've reached our goal

He threat us under firm control

As long as peace and order reign

I'll be damned if I can see a reason to explain

Why the fear and the fire and the guns remain

It doesn't matter now, it's over anyhow

He tells the world that it's sleepin'

But as the night came round, I heard its lonely sound

It wasn't roarin', it was weeping

It wasn't roaring, it was weeping

Stay out, stay out, stay out

Stay out, stay out, stay out

Stay out, stay out, stay out

Stay out, stay out, stay out

It doesn't matter now, it's over anyhow

He tells the world that it's sleepin'

But as the night came round, I heard its lonely sound

It wasn't roarin', it was weeping

It wasn't roarin', it was weeping

It wasn't roarin', it was weeping

It wasn't roarin', it was weeping

It wasn't roarin', it was weeping

It wasn't roarin', it was weeping

It wasn't roarin', it was weeping

It wasn't roarin', it was weeping

It wasn't roarin', it was weeping