I wish people would be kind    I wish the weight of our words    Would weigh more heavily on our ways    But people take and people say    Human discourse has been unsafe    I wish people would be kind    But talk is cheap and flesh is cheap    And anger is becoming    Currency these days       :chorus:   Hands have been dealt    Where cards have spilt    Like empires that have fallen before    And when the earth is flooded    We must not turn away    More than a kind remembrance    We have to leave a flame      I wish people would be kind    I wish the weight of the world    Would weigh more heavily on our ways    Since its ok that people take    They should first give more of what they've made    I wish people would be kind    Since talk is cheap when people speak    They should first place much more worth    With empathy than words      :chorus:      And time can stand still    While time still is being wasted    Remember where we started.       :chorus: