Will Butler - City On A Hill lyrics

On a crowded afternoon
I just want to look out on a normal room
Without that fear in my heart
Every time someone comes through a door
And I know that some day soon
It'll happen again and I'm not a fool
I keep watching the stranger's eyes
As if he might be holding knife

In a city on a hill, i was born and grew up
And I'm living there still
Tonight the curtains are drawn
And the gates are locked and the alarm is on
But fuck off, let's light up the lights
Because the winter is dark and
I'm sick of the night
There's strangers dying outside
And some people are muttering on
To just let them die
But my god do you think we can hide
A city on a hill

There was no room at the inn
Not in Indiana, not in Texas, not in Maine
So they prayed and they headed to Berlin
As if God was on there side
C'mon, let's light up the lights
Because the winter is cold and
I'm sick of the night
There's strangers dying outside
And some people are muttering on
To just let them die
I'm not here to preach Christ crucified
But that the blood of the
Innocent it rarely stays quiet
And fuck off, I'm not going to die
From a terrorist bullet or some radical spy
I could die in a car crash tonight or
From a lightning strike or a meteorite
Yes I'm scared and I might want to hide
In my city on a hill
But my god do you think we can hide
A city on a hill