[ = - SeattleSysop 2026 - = ] There's a quiet kind of knowing when the wrong won't let you be Like a debt you never asked for, but you owe it all the same Some men sleep just fine at night with blood on their hands The rest of us stay wide awake just trying to understand But there comes a time when keeping quiet picks a side for you When standing still means standing with the ones you're bound to lose Somebody's gotta stand the watch while the others look away (lord) Somebody's gotta enforce the line the devil keeps on crossing It ain't for the glory, it ain't what men desire It's the burden of the good man when the cost of peace is forgotten Evil doesn't always scream, sometimes it shakes your hand Smiles across the kitchen table, buys another round But a liar's mouth will poison every honest thing it touches And a patient man can only bend so far before he stands You don't get to look away and call yourself a decent man When the wolves are in the yard and all you do is count the lambs Somebody's gotta stand the watch while the others look away (mmm) Somebody's gotta enforce the line the devil keeps on crossing It ain't for the glory, it ain't what men desire It's the burden of the good man when the cost of peace is forgotten I wish I was the kind who turns the other cheek I wish I could just walk away and know I'd be alright But my father's voice still echoes, "son, you answer when you're called" And a man who will not stand for something... ain't a man at all SOMEBODY'S GOTTA STAND THE WATCH while the others look away (yeah) Somebody's gotta enforce the line the devil keeps on crossing It ain't for the glory, it ain't what men desire It's the burden of the good man when the cost of peace is forgotten Somebody's gotta stand. (mmm) Lord, somebody's gotta stand... (forgotten...)
