R.E.M. During an Earthquake
I've tried but I've found no light
I've tried looking back at their blank stare
I don't see no end in fucking sight
How could we have been so goddamn blind
Wait they've got us beat
We don't comply, can't compete
They all start to stare
Glances sharp as glass
Look at what we've done
To our own flesh and blood
It was all fucking planned
From the goddamn start
They kept building
It was never enough
The structures been fractured
To be kept top down
As blood trickles up
A cracked foundation will never hold
The sky collapsed
The rivers rose
One nail was placed
No more thoughts and prayers
I couldn't bear the truth
None of us could
When gods voice is made up of millions,
Where do we fit in?
I've held in too much
My tongue cuts against teeth
I can taste the iron as blood fills my mouth...
No human decency
Stripped clean of our values
Wiped clean yet on the same slate
I'm through with biting my tongue
And I'm not the only one
No more will I stay silent
I've tried looking back at their blank stare
I don't see no end in fucking sight
How could we have been so goddamn blind
Wait they've got us beat
We don't comply, can't compete
They all start to stare
Glances sharp as glass
Look at what we've done
To our own flesh and blood
It was all fucking planned
From the goddamn start
They kept building
It was never enough
The structures been fractured
To be kept top down
As blood trickles up
A cracked foundation will never hold
The sky collapsed
The rivers rose
One nail was placed
No more thoughts and prayers
I couldn't bear the truth
None of us could
When gods voice is made up of millions,
Where do we fit in?
I've held in too much
My tongue cuts against teeth
I can taste the iron as blood fills my mouth...
No human decency
Stripped clean of our values
Wiped clean yet on the same slate
I'm through with biting my tongue
And I'm not the only one
No more will I stay silent
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Writer(s): Alec Martin
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