Pendulum

G
I been walking a tightrope between 
fact and fiction
Em
I been wrestling with demons in 
small bottled prisons
C
I been talking with sinners who 
claim to be Christian
D
I been shouting at leaders who claim
 to be listening


G
& the pendulum swings from the left 
to the right
Em
and momentum increases the need for 
the fight
C
Like a moment of blindness in a 
lifetime of sight
D                            
& I am caught somewhere in the 
  G
middle


G
I saw a president blind to the needs
 of his people
Em
I saw a camel that passed through 
the eye of a needle
C
I saw a group of old men whose money
 was evil
D
I saw a cross breaking free from the
 cage of a steeple
G
I saw beggars and cripples dying in 
squalor
Em
I saw a son whose sins had exceeded 
his father
C
I saw a nation of sleepers whose 
dreams were forgotten
D
& a bushel of apples from a tree 
that was rotten


G
& the pendulum swings from the left 
to the right
Em
as momentum increases the need for 
the fight
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C
Like a blindfold when its time to 
walk towards the light
D                            G
& I am lost somewhere in the middle


G
I heard the echo of suffering in the
 valley of laughter
Em
I heard the rumble of earthquakes 
far under the water
C
heard a court jester whose forked 
tongue was twisted
D
Who told us of dangers that never 
existed
G
I heard voices that claimed to be 
moral and righteous
Em
Whose lies and deceit were all dark 
and contagious
C
I heard talk of a country that 
valued its freedom
D
But when I protested I was arrested 
and beaten


G
& the pendulum swings from the left 
to the right
Em
As momentum increases the weight and
 the height
C
But if nobody's listening, is anyone
 right?
D                                 
& I can't seem to find the key to 
    G
the riddle


G
I met a young woman with a baby 
inside her
Em
I looked but there wasn't a safe 
place to hide her
C
I met an old man with a face like a 
mirror
D
He showed me his sadness so I could 
see clearer


G
I met an arrogant leader who robs us
 and cheats us
Em
He pretends that his orders come 
directly from Jesus
C
When he sends out our children to 
strange foreign soil
D
To kill for the right to monopolize 
oil


G
I'm a raising my voice 'gainst the 
house of derision
Em
That murders our freedom with 
short-sighted vision
C
I'll sing a new song about 
civilization
D
& the palace of wisdom and the death
 of a nation


G
I'll lift up the veil that's hiding 
the holy
Em
& remind all the people that change 
happens slowly
C
I'll scream out a name to the echoes
 of Heaven
D
& pray that the world don't end up 
where its heading


G
& the pendulum swings from the left 
to the right
Em
as momentum decreases the end is in 
sight
C
There's a lunatic handling our 
future tonight
D                            G
& I am lost somewhere in the middle