Not in My Name

Love can take you to a place that you never knew
It can bring you to your knees
Love can also bring you to a narrow forest road
To place yourself between the chainsaw and the tree

Early on that Tuesday morn, 10 people took a stand
Grabbed the hand on either side
Blocked the entrance from the miners ravaging their land
For all who came before, this can’t happen anymore

Not in my name. The time for waiting has passed
Not in my name. Make your spine like steel
Don’t look away. Let their stories change you
And keep them like a fire that burns inside

In the vast and vacant wasteland the bastards left behind
Stands a single patch of green
He guards the mountain with his life, his family legacy
Oh they put him through hell. Still he wouldn’t sell

The keeper of the mountain asks us,
”What do you hold dear? What doesn’t have a price?”
Love can start an uprising, love can fuel a fight
For water, earth, and air… a fight against despair