Dark forces want us to believe
they can measure our worth
with numbers preceded by symbols of currency
or numbers followed by years

Rivers and oak trees they also think
can be reduced to equations
and gods require sacrifice
and death is more end than beginning

But all the power they think they have
is more illusion than fact
and all of our enemies are on our side
and all of our failures success
and all of the fear that drove us to this place
will evaporate into laughter