Sticks and stones   Battle zones   A single light bulb   On a single thread for the black      Sirens wail   History fails   Rose colored glass   Begins to age and crack      While the politicians shadowbox   The power ring   In an endless split decision   Never solve anything   From a neighbor's distant land   I heard the strain of the common man      Let it be me   (This is not a fighting song)   Let it be me   (Not a wrong for a wrong)   Let it be me   If the world is night   Shine my life like a light      Well the world seems spent   And the president   Has no good idea   Of who the masses are      Well I'm one of them   And I'm among friends   We're trying to see beyond   The fences in our own backyards      I've seen the kingdoms blow   Like ashes in the winds of change   Yeah but the power of truth   Is the fuel for the flame   So the darker the ages get   There's a stronger beacon yet      Let it be me   (This is not a fighting song)   Let it be me   (Not a wrong for a wrong)   Let it be me   If the world is night   Shine my life like a light      In the kind word you speak   In the turn of the cheek   (In the turn of the cheek)   When your vision stays clear   In the face of your fear   (In the face of your fear)      Then you see turning out a light switch   Is their only power   When we stand like spotlights   In a mighty tower   All for one and one for all   Then we sing the common call      Let it be me   (This is not a fighting song)   Let it be me   (Not a wrong for a wrong)   Let it be me   If the world is night   Shine my life like a light