Y'know I'm starting to think
That the "CO-EXIST" bumper stickers
Really ain't doing much
As bigots with a badge get righteous
They call protests "riots"
I don't think we're winning with "love"
How many times can they break our necks?
We shake our fists till they do it again
Divided, depressed,
Disarmed, dispossessed
I fear for where we're heading
Where we've always been
Another futile round
Where we're told how
"Ya gotta be peaceful!"
PBA, our stolen wage,
Prescriptions raised
Killed daily by the state
But "Ya gotta be peaceful!"
Desperate times breed desperate men
Dying for anything different
Just mockingbirds
Learning the language of violence
So sing it back
I guess it never ends
So yeah, I'm starting to doubt
What I was taught until now
What use is morality in a duel?
Hard not to want to give up
With choices that they give us
Accomplice or target or just disregarded
Lately I've struggled to find any worth
To cry out for change with the limit of words
The system just does what it's been designed to do
A proper response feels long overdue
Another futile round
Where we're told how
"Ya gotta be peaceful!"
PBA, our stolen wage,
Prescriptions raised
Killed daily by the state
But "Ya gotta be peaceful!"
Desperate times breed desperate men
Dying for anything different
Just mockingbirds
Learning the language of violence
So sing it back
I guess it never ends
IT NEVER ENDS
IT NEVER ENDS
IT NEVER ENDS
IT NEVER
Another futile round
Where we're told how
"Ya gotta be peaceful!"
PBA, our stolen wage,
Prescriptions raised
Killed daily by the state
And I'm tired of being peaceful
Desperate times breed desperate men
Dying for anything different
Just mockingbirds
Learning the language of violence
So sing it back
I guess it never ends