Tell me, what’s the cost of a life lost/ When a kid gets shot by a cop who then the judges let off/ And the wrong homes are bombed by drones and families are caught/ When whistle-blowers are lowered and we lift the liars to the top/ And justify these tragedies with travesties in our thoughts/ Whether or not the truth is factual or made up on the spot/ Rather live in an echo chamber than face the wreckage we’ve wrought/ Frequently fraught with fear of failure, forgetting what our history’s taught/ Get in line, close our eyes, and turn our critical minds off/ Hope maybe someday, we too won’t have to bend over and cough/ We memorize the words but don’t want to take part in the plot/ We’ve got a choice to raise our voice or let our silence be bought/ A system blaming victims is sickening and should be stopped/ Saying it’s useless to fight abuses is a lie that must be dropped/ And while we ought to be learning, we turn our heads away in shame/ We pass the blame and change the shape/ But underneath, it’s all the same

We keep on doing the same things
Acting like it’s gonna change things
We keep on doing the same things
And nothing changes

A shady drug bust lugs so-called thugs into a hellish cell/ Where prison labor is run by slavers whom market forces compel/ If you can’t beat ‘em, you can plead out for a chance at your freedom/ Out on the street where resources are kept from those who most need ‘em/ For those left bleedin’, we’re proceedin’ with little flags on their graves/ Forever branded by the land where we say Jesus saves/ Can’t separate church from state with our hate on parade/ Tryin’ to fend off some pretend agenda, blaming the LGBTA/ And we’d rather gang up on someone different than feel like we’re alone/ In this age of information, afraid to face the unknown/ Rather be no trouble than through a dirty dog a bone/ Okay, but I can’t blame ya, ‘cause mostly I’d rather stay my own ass at home/ Now I’m older, can’t get over the mistakes I can’t unmake/ Or stop giving my mind or my time to these fair weather fakes/ These former friends who fade away and now just couldn’t care less/ While my depression gets the best of me, who am I trying to impress? Yeah, I just...

No more propped-up politicians propagandizing debate/ Or speeches by these leeches overreaching and preaching hate/ While we praise some ego-bloated bigot’s racist tirades/ Who would silence truth with violence, courtesy of the NRA/ No more indoctrinating children with malignant mental fences/ Then, when questioned, claime excuses for abuses gone unmentioned/ Fudging the budget to pay for tanks and bail our banks/ While teachers gotta push a test and get no rest, funds, or thanks/ No more fear of a future we can’t control anyway/ No more fear of speaking up, ‘cause of what some strangers may say/ No more fear of asking questions, ‘cause everyone who knows once never knew/ No more fear of letting go to show the realest version of me or you/ No more borders left to kill or die for/ Between me and my neighbor there is no more war/ No more ignoring the root causes at the core/ Between me and my neighbor there is no more war