To Rise and To Fall May this kleptocracy Of cruelty fall Of its own weight to fate Through what does not wait To the past by surprise May the people rise Up at last after all With hope in our eyes Ahead and not behind Seeing big not small Opening up again May we seek and find Ourselves becoming kind Being humankind Is how the people win Not like this has been This kakistocracy Too tacky to be Attacking you and me And the ties that bind But with an open mind With an open heart Together not apart Now in the fall when The wheels of justice start Turning after all Now may it all begin To rise and to fall Steven Curtis Lance