Zebulun Barnow - With Strings Lyrics

I need you to hear this, I'm not getting a reply
I'll say again, get back to me
Fear and panic terrify
The menace grows louder and victims succumb
The burden of threats and trouble
Their shouting, their anger their wicked intent will reduce our city to rubble

The pressure on my breaking heart, crushed by terror's grip
Overwhelmed and lost control, the horror caused my knees to slip
I wish I had wings like a dove then I could fly away
Flee and rest in a place far off, in the desert I would stay
And quickly I would find a shelter from the raging wind and crisis
Please confuse, confound their speech and their violent devices
Day and night they scale the walls bringing malice and their mischief
Oppression and fraud everywhere
Ruin is rife within it!

You are my beacon, my river of life
Shackled to prison's dismay
You are the source of my strength
Why then should I be afraid?

But a villain didn't insult me, if so, I'd seen it plainly
Instead it was one that I thought I knew well who chose the course to shame me
We shared together our innermost thoughts surrounded by friends and accordance
Banish them all to live in their hell, their hearts and their minds are abhorrent

You are my beacon, my river of life
Shackled to prison's dismay
You are the source of my strength
Why then should I be afraid?

So I'm calling again
I've left my number several times
I know my voice sounds agonized and strained
Been moaning for days and nights!

The peace that I knew protects me from the villains I have vanquished
Even though their arrogance will never be extinguished
I saw the one lash out provoked and cause a great disturbance
His voice was smooth as butter oil but in his heart perturbance!

You are my beacon, my river of life
Shackled to prison's dismay
You are the source of my strength
Why then should I be afraid?

This weight you carry in your mind
Time to give away
As sturdy as is your belief
Your home is where you stay
Take the other non-believers
Condemn their wicked ways
Thirst for blood and treachery
Divide their lives and days!

But for my part, I put my trust in you