With Broken Wings

With broken wings we beat the air

And as we plummet we pretend that we don't care

With broken wings we walk the earth

And wonder, how much is all of our recklessness worth

 

From glassy towers with glassy eyes

We indulge in the view while the scum of the city walk by

We soothe our sorrows we drown our guilt

With the icons and idols that hang on the walls we have built

 

And so we breathe until we die

The acropolis crumbles

While humbleness threatens to die

The culture fiddles while it cries

The accompaniment to such a sad, self-inflicted demise

 

With broken wings we beat the air

And as we plummet we pretend that we don't care

With broken wings we walk the earth

And wonder, how much is all of our recklessness worth

 

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From the song: With Broken Wings

By: Mark Heard

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