We'Re Living Now In Dangerous Times

We're living now in dangerous times Though maybe not more than before We've lost some old disturbing crimes But daily we discover more. Religion will not help us here We have enough ways to go mad But reason will not disappear And all the ends are sad. Too many hold the sacred flame Believing better is elsewhere Abandoning from where they came Abandoning their right to care. They prophesy the end of days Though what they see without a doubt Is where their footsteps guide their ways And what they bring about. They see wars in uneasy peace They see the devil in the lines They wish to feel the soul's release From base mortal designs. They see a war to end all wars They see a battle final met Disturbingly, they do not pause Their victory, to see regret. They do not question why they move Beneath an old religion's spell Or feel the need again to prove That even holy wars are hell. The arrogant storm God's domain And second guess the fickle Fate Their saviour may yet come again To find they could not wait. Wisdom does not compromise Or gamble with its precious lot Or waste time sifting truth from lies To sacrifice the wealth it's got. In truth, it's hard to understand Believers so in haste to greet And occupy an unseen land Destroying that beneath their feet. Believe in things you understand Give bedrock to your errant soul For what is not within your hand, Is not in your control. There is no better world to come If we, alone, can't make it true We march the march, we beat the drum What will be done, is what we do.