Listen to this country song about how hard it is achieve peace: Peace is a harvest from a stony field. And yet how important it is to achieve that peace at any cost.

Peace Lyrics

The dust settles full on the valley floorA silent promise branded on a heavy doorWe gather the seeds of a quiet dreamWalking the banks of a frozen streamBut the ground is stubborn and the winter is longIt takes more than a melody to make a song

You can’t just wait for the sky to clearWhile the thunder is drawing nearIt’s a mountain to climb not a gift to receiveHarder than any ghost you believePeace is a harvest from a stony fieldA labor of iron that refuses to yield

I’ve seen sore hands folded tight in the darkSearching for fire without any sparkThe shadows are long and the road is wideWith nowhere left for a coward to hideHope is a window but the glass is stainedNothing is won where nothing is gained

You can’t just wait for the sky to clearWhile the thunder is drawing nearIt’s a mountain to climb not a gift to receiveHarder than any ghost you believePeace is a harvest from a stony fieldA labor of iron that refuses to yield

The altar is empty and the pews are bareThere is no magic in the cold hard airIf you want the calm after the galeYou have to drive the hammer and strike the nail

You can’t just wait for the sky to clearWhile the thunder is drawing nearIt’s a mountain to climb not a gift to receiveHarder than any ghost you believePeace is a harvest from a stony fieldA labor of iron that refuses to yield

It isn’t handed down from a golden throneIt’s built from the heart beat and built from the boneSo stand in the wind and face the rainTrue stillness is born from the center of painForging the silver from the common leadBy the sweat of the living and the debt of the dead

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