Ryan Scott Oliver
All Men Are Tied Together
[Daniel]
Boys are dying in the dirt
Oh, there's conflict all around me
Turn my head and eyes avert –
But left or right
The fights confound me

Don't you think it's time for peace?
End the blood spilled in the heather?
Toss the powder, dry the grease
And see all men tied together, together?

[The Daybreak Boys]
Brothers
Give up your hands to the sky
Take hold
And turn your hand into knot

[Daniel]
Men won't speak what makes them weak
But they'll battle over color
Trouble is, the war they wreak
Makes the blue and gray grow duller

Still they kill with hearts in ice
Their own brother, bird of feather
They won't stop to count the price
For all men are tied together, together
Together, together
[The Daybreak Boys]
Brothers
Give up your hands to the sky
Take hold
And turn your hand into knot
Brothers
Give up your hands to the sky
Take hold
And turn your hand into knot

[Daniel]
The rope that ties won't tie us up
In these bonds we are free
In connection we expand
Beyond this earth, past all we see

And these words shall be my last
Now you hear my final sermon
As my time moves ever fast
My whole life's work, you'll determine:

See your brother, there beside?
See in him a chance to tether
You've the strength to change this tide
If you've the strength to tie together, together
Together, together, together, together
Together, together
[The Daybreak Boys]
Brothers
Give up your hands to the sky
Take hold
And turn your hand into knot
Brothers
Give up your hands to the sky
Take hold
And turn your hand into knot