Sunday, October 4, 2009

Words of Wonder: "If Your Love Cannot Be Moved"



"If Your Love Cannot Be Moved",
(featuring Kim Burrell),

You can't say we shall and not fight through hell,
You can't say we will and not dare to deal,
You can't shout out peace and then vanish in the crowd,
You can't ride the storm without some effect,
You can't steal the spoil and not pay the debt,
You can't wave a sign that spells "evil" and feel truly proud ,
You can't sing a song with no melody,
You can't say we're one without unity,
You can't form a line if you're too scared to stand alone,
You can't pray for grace and then smack her face ,
You can't speak of hope and then crack a joke,

You can say you're there but time knows how much you've grown,
Put a face to your somebody,

Can you say your name? ,
Or would you rather stay unknown? ,
Can you show your face? ,
Or are you fearful of it shown? ,
Can you feel your heart? ,
Or does it beat for you alone? ,
Lift your glass up high,
Say that your truth will never lie,
If your love cannot be moved,

You can't look at me and not see yourself,
You can't say "for them" and not for who else,
You can't truly bless and not bless the good of all,
You can't serve the rich and desert the poor,
You can't hear their cries and just close your door,
You can't say you're down and not take it to the wall,
You can't benefit from one's detriment ,
You can't find the serum and not cure the sick,
You can't free the slave to enslave them differently,
You can't see the right only from your sight,
You can't see the wrong and just go along,
Or is that the way you would want your fate to read,
Put a face to your somebody,

Can you say your name? ,
Or would you rather stay unknown? ,
Can you show your face? ,
Or are you fearful of it shown? ,
Can you feel your heart? ,
Or does it beat for you alone? ,
Lift your glass up high,
Say that your truth will never lie,
If your love cannot be moved,

You can't make a pledge and then flip the script,
You can't say the words and not move your lips,
You can't be confused and still say you understand,
You can't be a friend but not through thin and thick,
You can't be a click but in danger split,
You can't evenly share and then grab the biggest hand,
You can't say you do but then show you don't,
You can't say you will and make sure you won't,
You can't want for change and not do what you need to do,

You can't give up all and then take back all you give,
You can't live to die but you can die to live,
Or is that too much to ask of the you in you?,
Put a face to your somebody,

Can you say your name? ,
Or would you rather stay unknown? ,
Can you show your face? ,
Or are you fearful of it shown? ,
Can you feel your heart? ,
Or does it beat for you alone? ,
Lift your glass up high,
Say that your truth will never lie,
If your love cannot be moved,





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