Peace

It strikes me now, as an Egyptian military clashes with some religious zealots, that our problem relates to both of them. Neither group is interested in compromise, due to basic ideology. This makes me think of John Mayer's (yes, that John Mayer) song Belief. It says it all. Except that we need to find ways to bridge or mitigate these dissonant chords. Killing and violence effect everyone, not just those directly involved in the conflict. I'm not an idealist, but there have to be ways to do better than this.

Is there anyone who

Ever remembers changing there mind from

The paint on a sign?

Is there anyone who really recalls

Ever breaking rank at all

For something someone yelled real loud one time

Everyone believes

In how they think it ought to be

Everyone believes

And they're not going easily

Belief is a beautiful armor

But makes for the heaviest sword

Like punching under water

You never can hit who you're trying for

Some need the exhibition

And some have to know they tried

It's the chemical weapon

For the war that's raging on inside

Everyone believes

From emptiness to everything

Everyone believes

And no ones going quietly

We're never gonna win the world

We're never gonna stop the war

We're never gonna beat this

If belief is what we're fighting for

What puts a hundred thousand children in the sand

Belief can

Belief can

What puts the folded flag inside his mother's hand

Belief can

Belief can

John Mayer