John Brown's Body Be At Peace
Be at peace and perceive deeper love
Speak only truth and you’ll hear
Let no war come before or between to take life away
Why do we have to lose ourselves so foolishly / no, we
never find out why
So let out works carry over through this time all we
hope for
Be at peace ‘til we rise again
Be at peace / keep your mind clear
Release what you rely or defend
You will fear no one who steps on your island
Who would smile and steal your property in silence
Violence has a dreadful purpose
Hand that work this cause more curses
See down further paths we pave / do they splinter,
break-up or do they remain?
So can the people conspire to dream beyond the day-to-
day
We think we see the four walls we design to shutter the
soul
We take these licks in life, belief in right we live
with our pain
Some fight this, making crisis in our way
Some desperate to die I cannot know their pain
But the ones who make light of their days will lose
their way
So be at peace and we make them furious
Don’t you litter the path to seek glory
If you fall you’ll have found your end story
So we pick emotion can you hear me calling
So put your mind where there’s room to grow
Don’t put your mind on the needs of just today / an
eventuality
You’ll become a slave to speed and personality
Don’t put your life in the hands of those
Who terrorize by taking life away from the
Song that we sing everyday
From the sun that we greet everyday
