Tether

Tether - Indigo Girls

Whatever it was is wasn't manumission

To spill the blood to pull the **

You can bury the past but it's a mausoleum

With the ghost of a fist that won't let us be

Can we bring it together

Can we call from the mountain to the valley below

Can we make it better

Do we tether the hawk do we tether the dove

I kicked up the dirt and I said to my neighbor

"We keep making it worse we keep getting it wrong"

He tucked in his shirt he stood a little bit straighter

He said "We need a few less words dear we need a few more guns"

But will it bring us together

Can we call from the mountain to the valley below

Can we make it better

Do we tether the hawk do we tether the dove

Enduring love

Why so much and so strong beyond this short existence

So don't be still

You say there's a long line behind you

And it's hardly worth the mentioning

But I will

Cause we may flicker and fade

But we never will be through with this

I see this world battered but not broken

There's a fallow heart it's waiting on a sowing hand

You can grow what you want But one day it's gonna rise up

So plant what you need to make a better stand

And we'll bring it together

And we'll call from the mountain to the valley below

And we'll make it better

Let go of the hawk we let go of the dove

I sing to you all you true believers

With the strength to see this and not be still

I'm telling you now find the hope that feeds you

Don't let 'em bleed you of your will