Virtue

Virtue

I'm not some chosen one
But I know where I come from  

I know where I'm going to
And I'm so glad that I'm going with you
Some people just feel old 

But I feel you and it feeds my soul  

When I reach down inside my heart and feel Virtue there

Such a twisted-up old world

 It turns on every boy and girl  

Sun rises in a clear blue sky  

Sun sets — every girl and boy die  

All this good life’s just a crutch 

When the whole damn world is so out of touch  

    I reach down inside my heart and touch the Virtue there

         Should ever you stumble and fall
         When this everyday battle just pushes your back up against the wall  

Call me — I'm easily found 

You won't have to fight anymore when I reach down

Say what you will of the ways  

We fill up and waste our days  

Call it the devil or call it fate  

I say that it's never too late  

I won't go six feet under ground 

I'll turn this graveyard upside down  

When I reach down inside my heart and wake up the Virtue there

I'll reach down inside my heart and I'll feel the mercy there

I'll reach down inside my heart and I'll share the Virtue there

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original version:

I'm not some chosen one
But I know where I'm coming from  
I know where I'm going to
And I'm so glad that I'm going with you
Some people just feel old 
But I feel you, and I feel my soul  

When I reach down inside my heart and find Virtue there

It's such a twisted-up world  

That turns on every boy and girl

 Sun rises in a clear blue sky  

Sun sets and it's time to die  

When my grief’s all too much 

When the whole damn world’s so out of touch

I reach down inside my heart and touch the Virtue there

Should ever you stumble and fall
When this "new day – same battle"  

Just pushes your back up against the wall  

Call me, I'm easily found 

You won't have to fight anymore when I reach down

Say what you will of the ways  
We fill up and waste our days  
Call it the devil or call it fate  
I say that it's never too late  

I won't go six feet under ground 

I'll turn this graveyard upside down  

When I reach down inside my heart and feel the Virtue there
    