Lion's Anger

They said the lion was sleeping...

No.

He was watching.

Another morning, another bill

Another promise on Capitol Hill

The working man's got empty hands

While kings keep buying promised lands

Mama's counting pennies at the store

Daddy's working overtime for more

Everybody's got a piece to sell

Of a little paradise gone straight to hell

We've been patient

We've been kind

But you can't keep stealing

From the ones you leave behind

There's a lion's anger

Rising in the land

You can hear it in the thunder

You can feel it in the hands

Of the people you've forgotten

Of the dreams you left to die

There's a lion's anger

And the lion's opening his eyes

Red man talking, blue man grins

Same old circus, nobody wins

They sell us fear, they sell us blame

Then change the rules and call it a game

A soldier sleeps beneath a stone

A mother wonders why she's alone

A thousand speeches fill the air

But nobody answers who's paying the fare

We've been silent

We've been strong

But don't mistake our patience

For agreeing with the wrong

There's a lion's anger

Rising in the land

You can hear it in the thunder

You can feel it in the hands

Of the people you've forgotten

Of the dreams you left to die

There's a lion's anger

And the lion's opening his eyes

We built the roads

We raised the steel

We planted fields

We turned the wheels

We carried the weight

We paid the price

We asked for bread

You rolled the dice

We're not your numbers

We're not your game

We're flesh and blood

And we remember our names

There's a lion's anger

Rolling through the land

Not a king upon a throne

But a million hearts that stand

For the people you've forgotten

For the truth beneath the lies

There's a lion's anger

And the lion's opening his eyes

You thought the lion was sleeping...

He was watching.

And now...

He's awake.