Jackson Browne - Standing In The Breach lyrics

And though the earth may tremble and our foundations crack We will all a**emble and we will build them back And rush to save the lives remaining still within our reach And try to put our world together standing in the breach So many live in poverty while others live as kings Though some may find peace In the acceptance of all that living brings I will never understand however they've prepared How one life may be struck down and another life be spared And though the earth may tremble and cast our works aside And though our efforts resemble the fluctuating tide We rise and fall with the trust and belief That love redeems us each And bend our backs and hearts together standing in the breach You don't know why it's such a far cry From the world this world could be You don't know why but you still try For the world you wish to see You don't know how it will happen now After all that's come undone But you know the change the world needs now Is there, in everyone The unpaid debts of history The open wounds of time The laws of human nature always tugging from behind I want to think that the earth can heal And that people might still learn How to meet this world's true challenges And that the course we're on could turn And though the earth may tremble and the oceans pitch and rise We will all a**emble and we will lift our eyes To the tasks that we know lie before us And the power our prayers beseech And cast our souls into the heavens, standing in the breach You don't know why it's such a far cry From the world this world could be You don't know why but you still try For the world you wish to see You don't know how it's going to happen now After all that's come undone And you know the world you're waiting for may not come No it may not come But you know the change the world needs now Is there, in everyone