Broken Line

Restless is dawn as it wanders the farm house
 A new day awaits though he's worked through the night
 Patiently planting his thoughts on the pages
 Under the mumble of kerosene light
 Off to the West yoou can feel it coming
 A thick, steel vein for a river of power
 Carelessly turning the earth into wasteland
 As thousands of years disappear in an hour
 Hold your ground on the wrong side of the plough
 They're closer now to a cold, black, broken line
 Hold your ground when they come to cut you down
 They're closer now to the rock that breaks the tines
 Can't see what you do from back in the boardroom
 Faceless equations of profit and cost
 They wave you away like a fly on the radar
 But keep coming back and you'll throw them off course
 Though it's always been this way
 Doesn't mean that it's your fate
 But you know it takes the strength of heart and mind
 And the faith someday the world will see your side
 Nothing is lost if you give yourself wholly
 Nothing is gained if you keep it inside