Christopher Hansard:[There are Songs to be Sung]

There are songs to be sung in the darkest of times

songs to be sung in the harshest of times

songs to be sung

how often have you given your heart and mind to the powers that be

only to find that they are not the powers that are

in heart of things

in the bursting flower

in the glint of light upon the eye of a child

there are songs to be sung

not to hum along

in false attitudes pretending to be merry

but songs in the soul

that are there to be listened to

they will demand you to sing

sing out loud

in the harshest and darkest of times

there are songs

to be sung

a true song is a lasting spell

that makes things change

turns hurt to healing

the songs are within

the songs demand that you stop pretending

and wake to the change that is coming

you can smell it in the wind

you can know it in the crowd and throng

the fallen and the strong

there is spirit in the song

that sings

within