Lyrics

Better Angels
[©2020 William Livesay]

This is the story of a man who became the king
And his deception brought the country to its knees
People turned against each other brother fighting brother
He lied and said he'd make them great again

Emboldened were the souls taken in by his bravado
At arenas where they cheered his hustler charm
Using violence and division to feed his demon ego
Just like a mainline in the arm

There’s better angels coming
Better angels coming
Arriving just in time
To bring the truth over the lies
The better angels of our nature rising up tonight

Inside his ivory tower where lives that matter don't
His compassion gone without a trace
Caging little dreamers put a dagger through the heart
Of the poor and hungry gathered at the gates

There’s better angels coming
Better angels coming
Arriving just in time
To tell the truth over the lies
The better angels of our nature rising up tonight

Better angels rising up rising up rising up
Better angels rising up rising up

Now reprieve has come to bring us all a little hope
And relieve the tension in a world so tightly wound
There will always be someone trying to build these walls around us
While those of greater good fight to tear them down

There’s better angels coming
Better angels coming
Arriving just in time
To tell the truth over the lies
The better angels of our nature rising up tonight