Pandemic

the virus shut it down
a billion hammers dropped
go home they said and stay there
the world will have to stop

from deep inside my safety place
it slowly came to me
that the greatest thing in all the world
is what you cannot see

it came in on a cruise ship
sailing through the mist
passed on with a handshake
and a kiss

it rose up like a wall of fog
that wasn’t even there
it made the sun go blank and it
settled everywhere

rich man on his yacht
anchored in the bay
thinking that his money
will keep the virus away

poor people crowded
by unthinkable design
they have no other choice
they’re on the wrong side of the line

(chorus)
when all of this is over
when the morning meets the dawn
we will hold each other close
and carry on

the safety nets were broken
they’d thrown them out
said they cost too much money
we’re better off without

nurses doing double shifts
the doctors, and the rest
following the protocols
and hoping for the best

soldiers at the foodbank
helping with the line
while people got their meals
one at a time

people helping people
the way it oughtta be
that’s the only way we’ll make it
if you ask me

(chorus)
when all of this is over
when the morning meets the dawn
we will hold each other close
and carry on

the president was useless
he had to be ignored
he was an obstacle we
couldn’t afford

the air was getting cleaner
the water of the streams
the mountains in the distance
you could see them gleam

the stars shown like jewelry
across the blankets of the sky
like someone pulled the blindfolds
from off around your eyes

it was stunning to comprehend
how little time it took
stunning, yes it was
all you had to do was look

(chorus)
when all of this is over
when the morning meets the dawn
we will hold each other close
and carry on

let us not go back to normal
let us not give in to fear
not the normal of the way it was
‘cause that’s what brought us here

somewhere in the distance
there’s another kind of door
to another kind of future
we can’t stay here anymore

picking up the pieces
waking from our sleep
knowing what to throw away
and what to keep

if there is a better
world to pursue
I’ll meet you there
and that’s what we will do

(chorus)
when all of this is over
when the morning meets the dawn
we will hold each other close
and carry on