Candle wax, like a river on the concrete Fears will fly if you let them Patterned-leather dress, shoes on a baby's feet Is he too young to tell him People come and gather round Only love can lift us now We find our common thread Over tear-stained ground Raise our voices up, lay our flowers down White knuckles, cotton beads on a rosary Hoping one has an answer You hung it on the mirror only as a novelty But now you squeeze it 'til your hands hurt People come and gather round Only love can lift us now We find our common thread Over tear-stained ground Raise our voices up, lay our flowers down Oh, lay 'em down Another bad sign, another hard time [?] you can't ignore This ain't the first time This ain't the last time Trouble's flying at your door People come, people come Oh, people come and gather round Only love can lift us now Only love can lift us now We find our common thread Over tear-stained ground Raise our voices up, lay our flowers down Raise our voices up, lay our flowers down (Raise our voices up) Raise our voices up, lay our flowers down Oh, lay 'em down