Who Drew the Lines

Oh, tell me, brother,

tell me why,

We built these walls beneath one sky.

We came from dust,

we dream of love,

Yet fight for earth beneath the stars above.

We made religions, we drew the lines,

We gave our gods a thousand names.

Then shared the earth,

then split our hearts,

And watched our little world

fall apart.

We carved our borders in the land,

Put different flags in every hand.

We forgot the truth we used to know,

That every heart needs love to grow.

Hindu, Muslim, Christian too,

Tell me, what have we turned into?

We look at strangers,

turn away,

While love grows weaker every day.

Who drew the lines?

Who built the walls?

Who turned our prayers to battle calls?

One earth, one sky,

one human race,

Yet hate has taken love's place.

God is crying in the streets tonight,

While the devil dances in the candlelight.

Oh, when will we open our eyes?

We're all God's children beneath the same sky.

Where is the truth?

Where is the grace?

Where is the freedom every heart should embrace?

Where are the bonds that make us one?

The love that shines like the morning sun?

Where are the souls who rise above,

Who heal the world with fearless love?

The ones who come once in ages past,

To teach us peace that forever lasts?

Brother, sister, can't you see?

Your tears are just the same as me.

Different prayers, but the same old pain,

We lose each other again and again.

(Ohhh... beneath the same sky...) (Tell me,

Lord,

tell me why...)

A man lies broken on a lonely street,

While holy words fall at his feet.

The people pass, the heavens cry,

And somewhere a child asks,

"But why?"

We fight for heaven,

we preach what's right,

Yet leave our neighbors alone in the night.

If faith means nothing without love,

Then what are we praying to heaven

above?

Who drew the lines?

Who built the walls?

Who turned our prayers to battle calls?

One earth, one sky,

one human race, Let's bring compassion back to this place.

No more hatred, no more cries,

No more tears beneath these skies.

Let every heart and every hand

Build a world where love can stand.

God, hear the people,

hear our cries, We're tired of watching our humanity die.

Tear down the walls,

let the whole world rise,

We're all one family beneath the same sky.

We made the lines,

we built the walls,

But love can heal what hatred scars.

Before we ask who's wrong or right,

Let's be

human... just for tonight.

One earth...

one sky...

One human family... Oh,

tell me, brother...

Who drew the lines?