Indigo Girls - Let It Be Me lyrics

Sticks and stones<br>Battle zones<br>A single light bulb<br>On a single thread for the black<br>Sirens wail<br>History fails<br>Rose-colored glass<br>Begins to age and crack<br>While the politicians shadowbox<br>The power ring<br>In an endless split decision<br>Never solve anything<br>From a neighbor's distant land<br>I heard the strain of the common man<br><br>Let it be me<br>(this is not a fighting song)<br>Let it be me<br>(not a wrong for a wrong)<br>Let it be me<br>If the world is night<br>Shine my life like a light<br><br>Well the world seems spent<br>And the president<br>Has no good idea<br>Of who the masses are<br>Well I'm one of them<br>And I'm among friends<br>We're trying to see beyond<br>The fences in our own backyards<br>I've seen the kingdoms blow<br>Like ashes in the winds of change<br>But the power of truth<br>Is the fuel for the flame<br>So the darker the ages get<br>There's a stronger beacon yet<br><br>Let it be me<br>(this is not a fighting song)<br>Let it be me<br>(not a wrong for a wrong)<br>Let it be me<br>If the world is night<br>Shine my life like a light<br><br>In the kind word you speak<br>In the turn of the cheek<br>When your vision stays clear<br>In the face of your fear<br>Then you see turning out a light switch<br>Is their only power<br>When we stand like spotlights<br>In a mighty tower<br>All for one and one for all<br>Then we sing the common call<br><br>Let it be me<br>(this is not a fighting song)<br>Let it be me<br>(not a wrong for a wrong)<br>Let it be me<br>If the world is night<br>Shine my life like a light