Needless Violence

from Salem Session by William Hale

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Needless violence will never cease
Scared in our homes we can't even be at peace
with our neighbors, or at peace with ourselves
when we feel hopeless, or when we feel lost.

It's sad but I'm refusing to choose a side
there is no common cause great enough to unite our opinions
It is war!
and it's hard enough to find meaning in a song.

Goddess, Mother, sacred and wild
evening blossom, the color of fire
How you move me with the sound of your voice!
How you cure me when I am starting to fall.

Blue exotic muse, I will follow in your footprints
to inspire each direction I may move

Wander clueless trails to find any other sign
that may one day lead me back to you.

But the terrible troubles that torture these times
empty era, unrehearsed and unrefined
Hallelujah! Now your riches have turned red!
Nevermore may we wash our hands
of the innocent blood.

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from Salem Session, released February 14, 2019

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