SHIELD

We’re not expecting Planet Earth
To stop spinning on its axis
But perhaps this wouldn’t go amiss
If it highlights our cause

We don’t expect the seas to dry
But if the sparring waves
Called off play for a day
We’d see they cared after all

Do these things ask too much?
Do these things ask too much?

We’re not expecting prominence
Or media recognition
To sweep its way through our lives
Place us squarely on the map

But we’re too scared to open up
Let our thoughts speak their name
We’ll maintain a silent flame
Till the strong grant us power

Do these things ask too much?
Do these things ask too much?

Why Mother Earth
Can’t you shield those I love?
Somehow we have to put things right