Don't Settle - Glen Hansard

When you climb the hill of vision

As above so it was below

Through the apathy and derision

Each step descending you took alone

And when they pin you in the corner

Pay no heed to their droning on

'Cause you’re not going back where you don’t belong

Well you rose up through the ranks now

And you worked hard for your luck

You’ve only got yourself to thank now

You and everybody else in the book

And there are hidden hands to guide you

The forces now at play

But you’ve got to learn to get out of the way

Oh no, don’t settle

Oh woah, not yet

Oh-oh, don’t settle

For less

May your song ring true and bright now

And be honed by your own hand

As the day gives way to night now

May it echo through the land

And when they turn your words against you

Try to grind you to the ground

Let them know that they might beat you

But they’ll never turn you around

Oh no, don’t settle

Oh woah, not yet

Oh-oh, don’t settle

For less

Well you sought no one’s allegiance

You were cowed by no one’s hand

You outgrew your antecedents

Worked your own corner of the land

And when they set their sights upon you

Come to mine the seam you struck

May you bid them well and wish them luck

Oh no, don’t settle

Oh woah, not yet

Oh-oh, don’t settle

And don’t forget

What Liam Clancy said:

No envy, no anger, no cruelty, no regrets

No jealousy, no rancour, no confusion;

don’t forget

No envy, no anger, no incredulity;

show respect

No envy, no anger, no judgement on no one;

lest you forget

Lest you forget what they did to you

Come on, rise off your knees, you’re not beaten yet

No envy, no anger, no judgement on no one;

lest you forget

Lest you forget

Come on, you’re not beaten yet

And you’re not going back where you don’t fit