Sarah Perry - Flowers Are Better Than Bullets Lyrics

History's in the making, as it has been over time
Categorization of peoples, by design
Has left the masses teeming with fire in their eyes, they say
"Don't act like we don't matter and expect us not to mind."

Riddle me this, 'cause I can't explain it:
Why is there so much discrimination
Fortresses enforcing pointless violence
Throughout the nation

How can we address this broken culture we've adorned
Reconstruct the system; establish a new norm?
We demand protections, for abuse shall stand no more
Inaction's not an option; blinders can't be worn

Why has the government done so little?
Predisposed hatred leads to hospitals!
Innocent civilians die for no reason
Throughout the nation

Progress is uneven, and we've even regressed!
I asseverate, minorities are being oppressed
People nationwide are being put at high risk
From the lack of laws insisting they're treated like the rest

Riddle me this, 'cause I can't explain it:
Why is there so much discrimination
Fortresses enforcing villainous violence
Throughout the nation
Why has the government done so little?
Predisposed hatred leads to hospitals!
Innocent people die for no reason
Throughout the nation
Riddle me this, can you please explain it:
What's the point, why is there so much hatred?
Flowers are better than bullets, and lives are
To dear to be wasted