Slow Revolution - Alexi Murdoch

Martin was bright as he stood up and sang in the choir

His heart all in pieces was breaking;

his head was on fire

They took him from that place and they buried him deep in the ground

Out with the light and quiet the sound

And it’s a slow revolution that quietly turns

As the true word burns

And all of the people marching together out 'cross the floor

And all that was after is now as it was before

Now Sylvia sat staring out into the depths of a room

A moment of light from her brain cut through the dark and pierced the gloom

The children’s voices were music

Came faint through the wall

From such a great height she looked down;

it was only the fall

And it’s a slow revolution that quietly turns

As the true word burns

And all of the people marching, stomping out 'cross the floor

And all that was after is now as it was before

So look at the shadows bent forward

Trying to break through the night

Huddled against the darkness

So close to the light

My voice is breaking out here in this wilderness

For I see a time that is coming;

I see a time of change

The sun is burning the deserts, but water’s filling the plains

Noah is crazily chipping away at his ark

While all of us ready ourselves to go into the dark

And it’s a slow revolution that quietly turns

As the true word burns

And all of the people marching, dancing out 'cross the floor

And all of this matter soon won’t matter much anymore