Vigil Lyrics - Fish

Listen to me just hear me out, if I could have your attention 

just quieten down for a voice in the crowd. 

I get so confused I don't understand 

I know you feel the same way you've always wanted to say 

but you don't get the chance, just a voice in the crowd. 

I don't know the score anymore; it's not clear anymore 

I can't tell right from wrong anymore; I just don't understand. 

I was sitting here thinking of exchanging a new world for old 

like changing channels on the tv, or the dirt we stand in to gold. 

When I was young, my father told me just the bad guys die 

at the time just a little white lie 

it was one of the first but it hurt me the most 

and the truth stung like tears in my eye 

that even the good guys must die 

there's no reasoning no crimes and I never knew why 

even now it still makes me cry. 

If there's somebody up there could they throw me down a line 

just a little helping hand just a little understanding 

just some answers to the questions that surround me now. 

If there's somebody up there could they throw me down a line 

just a little guiding light to tell wrong from right 

just some answers to the questions that I'm asking you 

I keep a vigil in a wilderness of mirrors 

where nothing here is ever what it seems 

you stand so close but you never understand it 

for all that we see is not what it seems, am I blind? 

And you sit there and talk revolution 

but can you tell me just who's in command? 

when you tell me the forces we are fighting 

then I'll gladly join and make plans 

but for now only our t-shirts cry freedom 

and our voices are gagged by our greed 

our minds are harnessed by knowledge 

by the hill and the will to succeed 

and if that's not what you believe 

would you let me know I'm not standing alone 

that I'm not just a voice in the crowd 

If there's somebody up there could they throw me down a line 

just a little helping hand just a little understanding 

just a little understanding to the questions that I'm asking you 

If there's somebody up there could they throw me down a line 

just a little guiding light to tell wrong from right 

just some answers to the questions that I'm asking you 

I'll keep a vigil in a wilderness of mirrors 

where nothing here is ever what it seems 

I'm scared to shout in case I draw attention from the powers 

that preside over our minds and our lives 

when they find what I want is the deadliest weapon, that is truth 

Day by day it's getting louder 

and day by day it's getting stronger 

but when I can't scream no more and I need reassurance, 

I listen to the crowd. 

(And the boy stood, and stared at the hill. And the hill stared back)