[Refrain]
Though the earth may tremble, and our foundations crack
We will all assemble and we will build them back
And rush to save the lives remaining
Still within our reach
Try to put our world [F/C]together, standing in the breach.
So many live in poverty, while others live as kings
C Am D G Aug5
And some may find peace in the acceptance of all that living brings
I will never understand however they’ve prepared
How one life may be struck [F/C]down and another life be spared
[Refrain]
Though the earth may tremble, and cast our works aside
Though our efforts resemble, the fluctuating tide
We rise and fall with the trust and belief
That love redeems us each
And bend our backs and hearts [F/C]together, standing in the breach.
You don’t know why it’s such a far cry
From the world this world could be
You don’t know why but you still try
For the world you wish to see
You don’t know how, it’ll happen now
After all that’s come undone
But you know the change the world needs now
Is there, in everyone
[Guitar solo (not positive of the exact chord progression, but the solo is over something like?)]
The unpaid debts of history
The open wounds of time
The laws of human nature always tugging from behind
I want to think that the earth can heal
And that people might still learn
How to meet this world’s true [F/C]challenges
And that the course we’re on could turn
[Refrain]
And though the earth may tremble and the oceans pitch and rise
We will all assemble and we will lift our eyes
To the tasks that we know lie before us
And the power our prayers beseech
And cast our souls int[F/C]o the heavens, standing in the breach
You don’t know why it’s such a far cry
From the world, this world could be
You don’t know why, but you still try
For the world you wish to see
You don’t know how (it) it’ll happen now
After all that’s come undone
And you know the world you’re waiting for, may not come
No it may not come
But you know the change the world needs now
Is there, in everyone
C… Fm6… C… Fm6… C… Fm6… C
