Peaceable Kingdom -- Rush

All this time we're talking and sharing our rational view   A billion other voices are
spreading other news  All this time we're living and trying to understand
Why a billion other choices are making their demands
Talk of a peaceable kingdom  Talk of a time without fear  The ones we wish would listen 
Are never going to hear  Justice against the hanged man  Knight of Wands against
the hour   Swords against the kingdom  Time against the tower

All this time we're shuffling and laying out all our cards  While a billion other dealers
are slipping past our guards  All this time we're hoping and praying we all might learn
While a billion other teachers are teaching them how to burn
Dream of a peaceable kingdom  Dream of a time without war  The ones we wish would
hear us  Have heard it all before  A wave toward the clearing sky  A wave toward the clearing sky  The hermit against the lovers  Or the devil against the fool
Swords against the kingdom  The wheel against the rules

All this time we're burning like bonfires in the dark  A billion other blazes are shooting off their sparks  Every spark a drifting ember of desire  To fall upon the earth and spark another fire  A homeward angel on the fly  A wave toward the clearing sky

This is about terrorism and the forces of destructive people against those that long for a a time of peace. Specifically, it's a response to the attacks by terrorist on September 11, 2001 against the United States. It also refers to the response of hate against hate and the hope that those who desire peace can have a positive effect on others.              (songfacts.com)