Open Ended Apologies
I can't keep living like this
Holding a grudge against myself
I can't keep tightening a fist
I must reach my hand out
I want to empathize
If only it were that easy
I want to apologize
I hope the world can forgive me
For the dead, for the asleep
For the people clinging to a dream
For the numb for the aware
For the brave who are fucking scared
For the strong and for the weak
For the lovers of this world I weep
For the artists who die or quit
Because their passion makes them sick
For the war and for the poor
For those we choose to ignore
For the veteran living on the street
And the hero he wanted to be
For assimilation to a vacant nation
For my submission to domination
For those who fear a sunny sky
Because liberation might strike any time
For the victim for the cop
Everyone who's just doing their job
For the bird locked in a cage
And the prisoners who keep someone paid
For the structures that wall us in
People who say "That's just the way it is"
For everyone doing what they think is right
But can't figure out what's wrong with their life
For the wish and the command
For the stifling invisible hand
For the cause that is called lost
The struggle thats a holocaust
For the money and time spent
To do evil and then repent
For the child that makes my clothes
For the goddamned CEO's
For the culture that consumes
And the hope of impending doom
For the glory and remorse
Those who see the forest for the resource
For the cattle and the slaughterhouse
For taking part it what we all renounce
For the people who can barely cope
With what some call a good joke
For the offensive undertones
Of a place that I call home
For the privilege I take for granted
And comments that are heavy handed
For the enlightened and the ignorant
Who see the simple and the complex
For heaven sent furious flame
The angels and the demons fighting in my brain
For the rise and for the fall
For the nothingness that created all
For all these songs, all this cheap talk
For all the bad things I have thought
Holding a grudge against myself
I can't keep tightening a fist
I must reach my hand out
I want to empathize
If only it were that easy
I want to apologize
I hope the world can forgive me
For the dead, for the asleep
For the people clinging to a dream
For the numb for the aware
For the brave who are fucking scared
For the strong and for the weak
For the lovers of this world I weep
For the artists who die or quit
Because their passion makes them sick
For the war and for the poor
For those we choose to ignore
For the veteran living on the street
And the hero he wanted to be
For assimilation to a vacant nation
For my submission to domination
For those who fear a sunny sky
Because liberation might strike any time
For the victim for the cop
Everyone who's just doing their job
For the bird locked in a cage
And the prisoners who keep someone paid
For the structures that wall us in
People who say "That's just the way it is"
For everyone doing what they think is right
But can't figure out what's wrong with their life
For the wish and the command
For the stifling invisible hand
For the cause that is called lost
The struggle thats a holocaust
For the money and time spent
To do evil and then repent
For the child that makes my clothes
For the goddamned CEO's
For the culture that consumes
And the hope of impending doom
For the glory and remorse
Those who see the forest for the resource
For the cattle and the slaughterhouse
For taking part it what we all renounce
For the people who can barely cope
With what some call a good joke
For the offensive undertones
Of a place that I call home
For the privilege I take for granted
And comments that are heavy handed
For the enlightened and the ignorant
Who see the simple and the complex
For heaven sent furious flame
The angels and the demons fighting in my brain
For the rise and for the fall
For the nothingness that created all
For all these songs, all this cheap talk
For all the bad things I have thought
Credits
Writer(s): Average Joey
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