Pride and Confusion

In the [?], a keen desire
Offers a poor result, tears of fire
If to convey is to consume
We see our fragile wisdom suffer abuse from our blind man's bluff
Our one-eyed giant building, one-eyed laws where still, there is a jungle

Saw you, take what you take
And you, give what you give, but sometimes people need
Just a little more, just a little less
Come on, can't you see the higher quest

So dear comrade
[?] our power
As a tragic flaw
Cautiously [?]
And bolt our platform
From one of [?] and [?]
To one of give and take
How are we to shake it down?
Shake it down
[?]

Evocative, but so unkind
This curse [?]
Of heart and mind
Should I thank him, out of time

Nation, come a nation, pass away
But tell me, can you see a brighter day?
We steal from the hungry
We laugh at dismay

Where are your feelings
Not in your [?]
I must [?] inside me
But before I take another soul
[?]
Peace in our village
And we don't even seem to want it
At all tempted to want it
But show it to me
If you could see it

For someday, [?]
[?]
We can [?]
We can [?]
[?]
[?]