Like Lions

Like Lions - Blind Pilot

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There are those among us willing

To get by on anything

Hollow hope of what is coming

A lifetime dangled by a string

But this ocean dives so deeply

And this river runs so wide

I won't be counted one among them

Until my soul is satisfied

Brick and brick of buried hunger

Keeping all desire dark

And then we are like lions

We are tearing it apart

There are those among us lying

Saying nothing is for free

And then we are like lions

And we will not leave until we eat

Playing kings and playing peasants

Do we get what we are owed

An eagle comes and talks of failure

A rabbit offers up its throat

Will they buy even our breathing

A river strangled by a dam

Less than one percent are taken

So tell me who dries up this land

Is it worse to see no future

Is it worse to be afraid

And then we are like lions

Pumping fire in our veins

We are born with a perfect hunger

We are born with a perfect need

And then we are like lions

And we are bearing all our teeth

It is coming down the mountain

Fear that hoards you like a cold

It wants to settle in your footprints

Keep you still from where you're going

Are you think you know of losing

Are you doubt of innocence

That big sky still hangs above you

Every day just wants to quit

There's no light you see to guide you

And it scares you just the same

And then we are like lions

Nothing dares get in our way

See your faithless sails drifting

And your truth just cut apart

And then we are like lions

We are golden in our hearts

And then we are like lions

We are standing on two feet

Hanging on the kitchen wall

For everyone to see

Get out your banjo

So we can sing

There are winds that wrap and hold me

There are whispers in the trees

I cannot hold all that is sacred

They are holding onto me

Kiss the years that all are dying

Kiss the face that makes you stay

They are in your rhythms walking

They are showing you the way

Breath and breath above a sickness

Shouting threats upon your life

And then we are like lions

We are fool enough to fight

It will cheat you in the balance

Taking more than left to live

And then we are like lions

We are strong enough to give

And then we are like lions

We are strong enough to give