Wavering Stride - Emily Davis

You have this vision of untouchable tradition

Where things are as they are through impeccable design

Where grand institutions are more than just illusions

You’ve idealized, believing that they reflect the divine

Oh

I’m gonna let you down again

I’m gonna lengthen this divide

I’m gonna let you down again

Not in malice, in my wavering stride

I can’t change your mind

And you will not change mine

You’ve built your life around this dream of new Eden

Your roots reside with the lamb and the lion

But my own roots were torn out

Now the black sheep wanders about

Farther from pasture, pained, yet still defiant

I’m gonna let you down again

I’m gonna lengthen this divide

I’m gonna let you down again

Not in malice, in my wavering stride

I can’t change your mind

And you will not change mine