Thrice - Beggars lyrics

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All you great men of power, <br />

You who boast of your feats, <br />

Politicians and entrepreneurs:<br />

Can you safeguard your breath in the night while you sleep, <br />

Keep your heart beating steady and sure?<br />

As you lie in your bed, <br />

Does the thought haunt your head, <br />

That your really rather small?<br />

If there's one thing I know in this life, <br />

We are beggars all! <br />

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All you champions of science, <br />

And rulers of men:<br />

Can you summon the sun from it's sleep?<br />

And does the earth seek your council on how fast to spin?<br />

Can you shut up the gates of the deep?<br />

And don't you know that all things, <br />

Hang as if by string o'er the darkness, <br />

Poised to fall?<br />

If there's one thing I know in this life, <br />

We are beggars all! <br />

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All you big-shots do swagger, <br />

And strive with conceit.<br />

Did you devise that your fray would be fought?<br />

If you've been raised in a palace, <br />

Or live about on the streets, <br />

(Did you) choose the place or the hour you'd be born?<br />

Tell me what can you claim?<br />

Not a thing! <br />

Not your name! <br />

Tell me if you can recall, <br />

Just one thing, not a gift, in this life?<br />

Can you hear what's been said?<br />

Can you see now that everything's graced?<br />

After all, <br />

If there's one thing I know in this life, <br />

We are beggars all!