Peace Starts Here

Thought I’d come home
Thought I’d knock in case my key doesn’t belong
I’ve been out here too long
Trying to smooth myself into what fits, what fits, what fits

You can check me for weapons you won’t even find loose change
I come to you empty-handed,
A bird without song,
No song worth singing

And now my ears are ringing,
There’s been too much shouting, too much shouting now
And I feel like I’m breaking,
There’s been so much longing, so much longing now

Peace starts with one person believing
Peace starts with one person believing
Peace starts with one person believing
Peace starts here

I bought into this war-torn world
I tried to claim my piece
Of this absurd agreement regarding achievement

I met a man he goes in the strangest places
Puts smiles on the longest faces
And he’s trespassed his traces into my sand,
There’s a world within my hand

And peace starts with one person believing