Villagers - Grateful Song lyrics

Arise my sweet conviction Your time has finally come Though your home is no place to speak of It gave you the courage to run I am grateful for your company I am grateful to belong I am thankful for the misery From which I stole this grateful song Partly written out of habit Partly written out of need With a blind and bold ambition For to sow this grateful seed May I call on you if I falter? If I seek to be something I'm not If I forgo a love for my brothers and my sisters With a pledge of allegiance to god A god of pain, a god of tragedy A god of hatred and deceit A god of helpless, helpless agony One god I hope we'll never meet We are grateful for your company We are grateful you belong We are thankful for the misery From which we stole this grateful song Yes, we are thankful for the misery From which we stole this grateful song