Peace & Noise lyrics

by patti smith, oliver ray

if you believe all your hope is gone
down the drain of your humankind
the time has arrived
you'll be waiting here as I was
in a snow-white shroud
waiting underground

there by the ridge be a gathering beneath the pilgrim moon
where we shall await the beat of your feet hammering the earth
where the great ones tremble
in their snow-white shrouds

Hello friend I’ve come a-calling
Passively stationed
Active patrol
Sliding in at high noon like some reluctant sheriff
Not want to get involved in it all

Who stands guard for each other
Why must we guard anything at all
Anything at all

From the earth’s four corners the people are calling
Forming equations but the questions are hard
All men are brothers killing each other