What Are We Standing For

An adventure in secular morality
Shouldn't be an insurrection to us all
And the counterfeit political currency
Shouldn't stand there as a patriotic call

Oh, the victory, oh, and hyperbole
Justifies to vacant humanity
And the babble that is drowning out the door

Don't what they're standing for anymore
Find some understanding for
Those who kneel to implore
Know just what they're standing for

What's the lasting legacy
Of the humanistic progress that we made?
All the blood that's spilled for someone else
Is profit but will never be repaid

There's the useless hope of the afterlife
But it can't dissuade all the toilets drive
And the pious who are planning so much more

Don't what they're standing for anymore
Show some understanding for
Those who can't hope for more
Know just what they're standing for
Oh, oh, oh, find some understanding for
Those who kneel to implore
Know just what they're standing for

There's a sound in the attic of memories erratic
A firm resolution for an eternal constitution
The bravery of self-defense against the pull of ignorance
And shudder to adore

Those that don't know what they're standing for
Find some understanding for
Those who can't hope for more
Know just what they're standing for
Oh, oh, oh, be someone who's standing for
Take a knee on the floor
Know just what you're standing for