I see so many people   As I walk these cities and these towns   Some souls truly shining   Some worn down to the ground      And I see people chasing dreams   Some chasing dollars 'til they drown   Seems the more they have   Then the more they need   And the more they'll fight to hold it down      Staring at the sun, staring at the sun   We're staring at the sun      So I read the papers, watched the tv   For the heroes we all fall about   Most like children on a playground   Only noticed by how loud they scream and shout      But how we love our heroes   Almost as much as we like to tear them down   For they are all that we are not   And we are not to be let down      Staring at the sun, staring at the sun   We're staring at the sun      And do you see the storm that's coming?   Do you think that it's too late?   Are you blinded by your love?   Or by your ignorance and hate?      And do you think you're the only one?   The only one who's ever felt the call of fate?   And felt your life had just begun?   While you were staring at the sun      And as a child, I heard Martin Luther   Call to the people "Now let freedom ring!"   But they shot him down   For the change his love would bring      And so I asked myself, so I asked myself   Who would do these hateful things?   And in the end I found, in the end I found   That they are you and me      And do you see the storm that's coming?   Do you think that it's too late?   Are you blinded by your love?   Or by your ignorance and hate?      And do you think you're the only one?   The only one who's ever thought to hesistate?   And felt your life had come undone?   While you were staring at the sun      Staring at the sun, staring at the sun   We're staring at the sun