Story Behind The Song
How can there be peace in the world when there is not peace at home?
Song Description
You can be the peace that's missing in the world
| Song Length |
3:45 |
Genre |
Folk - General, Folk - Contemporary |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Duet Female |
| Mood |
Composed, Passive |
Subject |
Change, Life |
| Similar Artists |
The Decemberists, Indigo Girls |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
"Be the Missing Peace"
Words and Music by Lori Kelley, ASCAP Ac
"When will the fighting end?"
That's what my mother asked him.
He turned the TV off and said, "When we win, or they win."
But she said, "No, I'm not talking 'bout them."
She went to bed alone.
He slept out on the couch again.
He prayed for peace on earth, and at home.
Then it came, it came to him.
(CHORUS)
To be the missing peace.
Be the one to stand
With arms open wide,
With nothing in his hand.
Except a pack of seeds.
Hopeful seeds of love
To throw among the weeds.
And that'll be enough.
To be the missing peace.
She tossed and turned all night.
Even her pillow picked a fight.
She won't find any peace until she lets go.
Then she does, she lets it go.
(CHORUS "her hand")
How can I expect to find peace in the world
When that very thing is missing in my home?
Then I realize that I don't have to search for peace.
I can make it on my own. And be the missing peace.
(CHORUS "my hand")
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