Even The Oxen

Here is the one here is the one here is the one mistake 
that can not be made
There is a line that is crossed over once and only once let
 it be said
All of the hubris clenched in our fist won't punch our way 
out of here
You know what I've told and I tell but you won't let it 
pass into your ears

Even the oxen ramming their heads on wood rails
Come to know pain before the rusted barrier falls

Before the radio long before radio waves struck down to 
touch
Off the wild flame that took all in its path and trampled 
the young underbrush
Music shooed clouds away billowing anxieties are rolled 
over and out
Seems like a lot of folks gave up and got out except for 
the truly devout

Who like the oxen ramming their heads on wood rails
Came to be dizzy before the barrier fell

Love is the one love is the one weapon that hasn't been 
brandished yet in this song
Strikes fear in the pockets of bankers and generals without
 it we can't carry on
And all of us knew this at one time from teething to 
toothless it's safe to say
But useless perhaps to point out that we've lost our 
instincts and awe in this day

And like the oxen ramming their heads on tin walls
Might come to know mercy before the barrier falls
And I come to know mercy before the barrier falls

And I come to know mercy before the barrier falls

Falls falls
And it falls falls falls
And it falls falls falls