The mind is such a wondrous thing ~ unwilling to be subjugated by the attacks against innocents it seeks out words / songs of hope and light. There are many of those, new and old alike, but somehow my mind tends to seek out the "Ghost Dance" by Robbie Robertson which says it all:
You don't stand a chance against my prayers. You don't stand a chance against my love. [...] we shall live again, we shall live again ...
Ghost Dance
By Robbie Robertson, Robbie Robertson & The Red Road Ensemble
Crow has brought the message
to the children of the sun
for the return of the buffalo
and for a better day to come
You can kill my body
You can damn my soul
for not believing in your god
and some world down below
You don't stand a chance
against my prayers
You don't stand a chance
against my love
They outlawed the Ghost Dance
but we shall live again,
we shall live again
My sister above
She has red paint
She died at Wounded Knee
like a later day saint
You got the big drum in the distance
blackbird in the sky
That's the sound that you hear
when the buffalo cry
You don't stand a chance
against my prayers
You don't stand a chance
against my love
They outlawed the Ghost Dance
but we shall live again,
we shall live again
Crazy Horse was a mystic
He knew the secret of the trance
And Sitting Bull the great apostle
of the Ghost Dance
Come on Comanche
Come on Blackfoot
Come on Shoshone
Come on Cheyenne
We shall live again
Come on Arapaho
Come on Cherokee
Come on Paiute
Come on Sioux
We shall live again
Songwriters: ROBBIE ROBERTSON, WILLIAM JAMES WILSON
© Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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