I'm ripping these hands off my mouth Cause it's leaking out Bottled guilt that I cannot contain For not speaking out, not reaching out To those a
Everything I used to know Vanished faster than it came. I try to turn to you, It?s all in vain. Don?t underestimate All the damage that you?ve done.
Turned down, tuned out? For every dream I watched us knock to the ground We ?stood and stared? under the sun?s stark heat As it dried the cement that
Impatient, stationed somewhere near the border just between Hurried youth and static ends. There?s not much here to defend The radio?s pushing the orders
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Standing at a distance Collecting measured, empty fiction. Syndicated day-time faces Spin the world into their favor. (And there?s dead air on the airwaves
Fragile, frail and dazed This world burns in mysterious ways, Aggression deemed protection Has got us up in arms again. Neo-conned by the GOP? Our new
I woke with worn hands and heavy feet In the cave I dug when I fell asleep between dreams. If I had that shovel, I?d bury the laws That taught us to
Poke holes in the world I?m shown We are so malleable For I?m not so sure What makes them so secure It?s well known, And all the billboards show It?
You took the dusty glass from The mirrors that surround you To create the lens you used To obscure me from across an ocean. And when your gaze strips
The pact they made, I don't remember signing my name, The fact remains I can hear them calling out to me? Won't you save your sons The social slavery