Would we know?

[Verse 1] I was sittin’ in the pew like I had a thousand times, Preacher talkin’ ‘bout the rapture comin’ down the line, Then Revelation twenty caught my eye between the lines, And a picture formed that never left my mind. I saw a world at peace beneath an endless summer sky, Children runnin’ through the fields where no one had to hide, No armies on the borders, no mothers left to cry, Just a kingdom ruled by justice for a thousand years of time. Cathedrals touched the clouds, their white stone catchin’ golden light, Every road led somewhere worth the walk before the night, No hunger in the streets, no lonely soul denied, Just a world restored beneath a righteous guide. [Verse 2] But Revelation said that someday peace would reach an end, Satan would be loosed again to walk among the men, And I wondered what that morning would have looked like back then, When deception found its way back in. Did the nations start forgettin’ what their fathers used to know? Did ambition start replacin’ all the truths they’d once been shown? Did rulers start dividin’ what was never theirs to own? One generation at a time until the memory was gone. Maybe wars consumed the borders, maybe cities changed their names, Maybe monuments were damaged, maybe records went in flames, Maybe pieces of that kingdom slowly vanished from the page, Till the world they knew became another age. [Hook] And I wondered… If the dragon walked among them, Would they know? If the truth was slowly buried, Would it show? If the greatest trick of Satan Wasn’t terror, fire, or smoke, But convincing generations That they’d never lost the road… Would they know? Would they know? [Verse 3] Then I looked around at everything we argue over now, Every nation claimin’ virtue while condemn­ing someone else somehow, Every screen demandin’ attention, every voice becomin’ loud, Every answer gatherin’ a crowd. I saw old stone buildings standin’ where the years had left their mark, Buried windows, hidden doorways, questions lingerin’ after dark, History with missing chapters, timelines difficult to chart, Pieces that kept pullin’ at my heart. I thought about those people if that season truly came, Would they spend their days believin’ everything remained the same? Would they laugh at anyone suggestin’ they were part of the age? Would they ever recognize the page? [Bridge] I pictured people in that season, Walkin’ down familiar roads, Kids in school and churches fillin’, Livin’ life the way they know. Waiting for some future warning, Watching for a sign above, Never dreamin’ they were standin’ In the pages they spoke of. [Final Hook] If the dragon walked among us, Would we know? If the truth was slowly buried, Would it show? If Revelation twenty Wasn’t somewhere down the road, If we happened to be living it… Would we know? Would we know? Would we know? [Outro] I was sittin’ in the pew like I had a thousand times… Preacher talkin’ ’bout the future… Then Revelation twenty Made me wonder about the past.