This Present State of Grace

Album: Speed Of Darkness (2011)
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  • In this present state of grace
    I hold my head up high
    Though the water damage froze
    Another flood will soon be by
    Here and now is all we'll be
    So it's this present state of grace I offer thee

    Welcome home to the men
    And the women who defend
    Back to their lives and the lies
    Shat on them by government
    Through the barbs and the pokes
    And the ones we'd like to choke
    It's this present state of grace I offer thee

    In this present state of grace
    A poor man robbed me blind
    Though I offered him the cash
    He said 'don't insult my pride'
    To each their own
    We're just flesh and bone
    An this present state of grace I offer thee

    In this present state of grace
    I saw the wall capsize
    And through the banks they fell
    Into the swelling tide
    Let them eat cake
    For our mistakes
    And this present state of grace I offer thee

    So let's sing goodbye to Auld Lang Syne
    Under the carpet, sweep behind
    Where passengers making turns
    Towards the coming great divide
    The true prophet never spoke
    He just smiled and saw the joke
    And this present state of grace I offer thee

    'Cause only life, yeah only life has loneliness to sell
    So celebrate, yeah live your life, live it and raise hell
    The true prophet never spoke
    He just smiled and saw the joke
    And this present state of grace we creatures need

    Yeah, it's this present state of grace we creatures need Writer/s: Bridget A Regan, David R King, Dennis Casey, George Edward Schwindt, Matthew A Hensley, Nathen Maxwell, Robert Anthony Schmidt
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