Hope
That's the thing with feathers
It perches in the soul
Like a rocket
And sings the tune without the words, and never stops
Never stops at all
Never stops at all

You couldn't save the world if you wanted to
You couldn't change the world or me if you needed to
You couldn't save the world if you wanted to
You couldn't change the world
If you don't mind me saying so

I've heard it in the chillest land
I've heard it on the strangest of seas
And yet not in extremity it asked a crumb
It asked a crumb of me
Asked a crumb of me

You couldn't save the world if you wanted to
You couldn't change the world or me if you needed to
You couldn't save the world if you wanted to
You couldn't change the world
If you don't mind be saying so

There is a little bit of light in these winter afternoons
And what opresses is a friend that only hums cathedral tunes
And we are heavenly hurt but we can't find a single scar
Now in the difference that is where I believe the meanings are

You couldn't save the world if you wanted to
You couldn't change the world or me if you needed to
You couldn't save the world if you wanted to
You couldn't change the world
If you don't mind be saying so

And sweetest in the gale is heard and sore must be the storm
That could abash the little bird, that kept so many people warm
You couldn't save the world
You couldn't save the world
You couldn't save the world