Ballots/Stones - Hostage Calm
You come out in droves
Protectors of an ancient code
You'd like to know
What would become of you and yours
If left alone
So with that pride destined to find
Itself on the wrong side of history
You take arms
Did you cast a ballot or a stone
Did it cast a shadow on their home
Let's go
To a place I know where men can share a home
By now the world should know
That your factions and their romance with interference
They have no business in these homes
Did you cast a ballot or a stone
Did it cast a shadow on their home
Your slogans echo loudly
From Edmund Pettus bridge
Would you tear up like you did when the loving's wed
I'd give so much to see your assaults laid to rest
Would they be mourned like the right less ones you've vilified
Because at their funerals
When the priest gives the flag to her partner she still cries
Four years before the state gave them the right
Four years before the state gave them the right
Did you cast a ballot or a stone
[00:00.00]Ballots/Stones - Hostage Calm
[00:01.24]You come out in droves
[00:03.49]Protectors of an ancient code
[00:05.91]You'd like to know
[00:07.19]What would become of you and yours
[00:09.41]If left alone
[00:10.90]So with that pride destined to find
[00:14.26]Itself on the wrong side of history
[00:16.62]You take arms
[00:18.09]Did you cast a ballot or a stone
[00:25.39]Did it cast a shadow on their home
[00:32.27]Let's go
[00:35.45]To a place I know where men can share a home
[00:38.81]By now the world should know
[00:40.51]That your factions and their romance with interference
[00:44.27]They have no business in these homes
[00:48.03]Did you cast a ballot or a stone
[00:55.55]Did it cast a shadow on their home
[01:01.67]Your slogans echo loudly
[01:06.21]From Edmund Pettus bridge
[01:11.88]Would you tear up like you did when the loving's wed
[01:20.75]I'd give so much to see your assaults laid to rest
[01:27.29]Would they be mourned like the right less ones you've vilified
[01:34.14]Because at their funerals
[01:36.18]When the priest gives the flag to her partner she still cries
[01:44.81]Four years before the state gave them the right
[01:59.77]Four years before the state gave them the right
[02:18.65]Did you cast a ballot or a stone