I wish people would be kind I wish the weight of our words Would weigh more heavily on our ways But people take and people say Human discourse has been unsafe I wish people would be kind But talk is cheap and flesh is cheap And anger is becoming Currency these days :chorus: Hands have been dealt Where cards have spilt Like empires that have fallen before And when the earth is flooded We must not turn away More than a kind remembrance We have to leave a flame I wish people would be kind I wish the weight of the world Would weigh more heavily on our ways Since its ok that people take They should first give more of what they've made I wish people would be kind Since talk is cheap when people speak They should first place much more worth With empathy than words :chorus: And time can stand still While time still is being wasted Remember where we started. :chorus: