Magnetism

Let me teach you

I need your permission

Give me boredom or apathy,

Sloth or atrophy,

And nothing I say will do.

Let me teach you

It isn’t as easy as gates

Give them love or hate,

Freedom or fate,

And nothing you think is true.

Let me guide you

Start with the part that is hard

Take up bars or wires,

Lightning or pyres,

But thinking of reach is the clue.

Let me guide you

From collision comes power

Touch to treasure or pain,

Forbid or gain,

But what stands between gets you through.

That’s how it happens

That’s where it starts

People with blood in their hearts

Then they find fire

Then they make tools

And learn to break things with parts

Let us name you

Not from size comes glory

Choose from footfalls or roads,

Mountains or lodes,

But remember it’s all in the blue.

Let us name you

Picking at leaves to find trees

Start with moving or not,

Setting or plot,

But we wished too much that we flew.

Let us move you

Shovels and labels and bombs

Pay with dollars or sense,

Timely or tense,

And gather that few things are new.

Let us move you

Flood is thicker than slaughter

Taking with hand or fist,

Titles or grist,

And making acid from dew.

That’s what happens

That’s when it starts

People with blood in their hearts

Then they draw lines

Then they make lies

And try to fix endings with starts

Let them help you

War unites more than purpose

Built from plastic or roses,

Rumours or poses,

But history is carved in yew.

Let them help you

Anger is terror and gas

Learn from watching or bleeding,

Doing or needing,

But waste is only one brew.

Let them leave you

Can’t see the forest for the stars

Run from looking or glass,

Reeking or mass,

And the ship is as good as its crew.

Let them leave you

Only working for the rest

Try talking or trading,

Walling or raiding,

And think in either oil or glue.

They’re why it happens

They’re who it starts

People with blood in their hearts

Then they see storms

Then they make stores

And try to find health in some charts