On Bended Knee Lyrics

Bless the past when small boys knelt and prayed,
Confident of peaceful sleep with holy contract made,
Hail the ones who showed us right and wrong,
Satisfied in black and white to keep a whole life long.
Ch/
We are all on bended knee, talking out loud to hope we cannot see.

Rue the day when complication knocked,
A scattergun of grand schemes, the old foundations rocked.
Feel the blood rise, fearful young men wait,
Beneath the earth the end for some, we all regret too late.
Ch/
We are all on bended knee, talking out loud to a hope we cannot see.
We are all on bended knee, talking out loud to a hope we cannot see.

Call the bluff of the one who might not be
And wonder at the chance you take although you cannot see.
Rest awhile from the need to stake your claim,
The first breath and the last you take will leave you just the same.
Ch/
Till we are all on bended knee, talking out loud to a hope we cannot see.
Till we are all on bended knee, talking out loud to hope we cannot see.