Midnight in the Garden
Its midnight in the garden,
and Eve’s got a gun
There’s a darkness in the Hearth of man
Soon no place to run
The choppers fly overhead
while the sirens scream
The security state tightens its grip
You try to wake from the dream
A mother abandons her child on the stair
Broke debased a disgrace
While those who guarded this will turn their back
And with cunning hand lay you to waste
Chorus:
A flower rises up through a crack in the road
A child reaches out to touch
the mysteries of light and sound
The luminous cuts through
And then it’s gone
The poet pens another song
Its midnight in the garden and
something’s gnawing at you bones
A wall street junkie does another line
and sells another junk loan
A heart blooms like a rose and
darkness bleeds it shut
We swing the axe on the tree of life
to make another cut
The sheeple follow one by one
to the slaughter house they go
While some Evangelical writes
the Ten Commandments
on the blood that flows
It’s midnight in the garden
Dylan smokes a cigarette
He waits for the changes of time
he doesn’t worry nor does he fret
We sip latte’s as the bombs burst in air
The daily propaganda is sold as news
Culture the facts on a facebook page
Subterfuge from the red, white and blues
The prophets of doom sell fear
we go buy another gun
A mercenary soldier loads his rifle
and shoots civilians for fun
It’s midnight in the garden
and it’s time to decide
Who gets to live and who gets to die
And when you’re all alone
you kneel down to pray
With no clear light to guide your way
So you embrace your lover one last time
You kiss the sweet sweat and there’s no crime
She comes into you, and you come into her
Annointed again with frankincense and myrrh
You see what you want to see
You read what you want to read
You believe what you want to believe
But what you can’t deny
is we live and die by our creed
It’s midnight in the garden
lets break bread and drink wine
For everything there’s a season
and now it’s time to shine
If you think this is about the left versus the right
You haven’t begun to see the light
This isn’t a time for doubt and fear
This is a time for love and courage to hold dear
There isn’t a beginning without and end
There isn’t an end without an and