Footsteps in the distance,
I don’t know what they mean;
I’m opening my windows
and cleaning out my screens

I thought I’d heard it all before;
I thought I knew the score,
but footsteps in the distance
tell me there is so much more

Footsteps in the distance,
some heard them long ago;
they tried to make me stop and think
’bout what they seemed to know

I said that they were foolish;
we’d never go that way,
but footsteps in the distance
have something else to say

Footsteps in the distance,
demons across the land,
devouring all our substance
while no one takes a stand

to save the ruined foundations
that crumble in our midst;
to crush the idols’ image
that all our lips have kissed

Footsteps in the distance,
I don’t know what they mean;
I’m opening my windows
and cleaning out my screens

I’m looking out with new eyes;
I’m listening with new ears;
I want to hear for my own self,
not someone else’s fears

Footsteps in the distance,
I don’t know what they mean,
but now I plan to understand
lest death is all that’s seen…