Sacrifice/Let There Be Peace Lyrics

If I ride on the rails, I shall ride them alone
And if I need all this pain, I will find it alone
If I'm wanted for leaving, I will leave here alone
And if I can't resist this, then I am unfit to go on

A simple solution is all I require if fire is the pa*sion
I only aspire to be free, let me be free
If the strain on your conscience gets under your skin
And leads you to making a sacrifice, sacrifice me

Let there be peace to the grave from the cradle we don't rock anymore
Now I stand here with both feet planted firm on the floor
And if you're planning a future of indefinite grace
You'd better start removing the lines of deceit from your face

A simple conclusion is all I require if fire is the pa*sion
I only aspire to be free, let me be free
And all of the hypocrites lie through their teeth
Talk about making a sacrifice, sacrifice me

Let there be peace, how much longer can all this go on?
How many more choices can one person have?
And all of the questions with no proper answers continue continue
Have to go on, have to go on, have to go on

Should I bend down and worship the ground
Of the beautiful people who live without flaws?
Success is a virtue to share with the world
But failure's a lesson that's best learned alone

Respect is a virtue that strong men command
But when words become weapons there'll be peace
In the valley of death when I rise
Peace in the valley of death when I rise

Bob Mould - Black Sheets of Rain

Jun 1992

1. Black Sheets Of Rain
2. Stand Guard
3. It's Too Late
4. One Good Reason
5. Stop Your Crying
6. Hanging Tree
7. The Last Night
8. Hear Me Calling
9. Out of Your Life
10. Disappointed
11. Sacrifice/Let There Be Peace