I heard the newsman telling lies
Through his satellite
Mouthpiece for the king, his pockets lined
I watched the cops break down the line
At least I watched them try
Still the revolution never tired
They say
They're looking out for me and you
They say
There's nothing more that we can do
But I don't think they're telling the truth
(Perspective wretched and skewed)
My telephone tells another story
(How can there be any good in you?)
I wish that we could think this through
There's medicine in feeling this empty
To recognize the things that we do
That maybe I'm a villain to you
But maybe you're a killer too
How did you think we wound up here?
(The rubble of a broken home)
Why won't you look at your hands?
(A child crying out for his mom)
The people that you abandoned
(A bombshell on a hospital)
They'll never come back home
I'm finished walking on this tightrope
You bought up every word the dogs said
And fell asleep upon your soft bed
A f*cking sponsor to the bloodshed
There's crocodile tears on your face
You genocider with your suitcase
And I'm complicit in the arms race