[Verse 1]

I was just a kid in the 2000s when

People said you couldn't trust the government

A single mom and double shift to feed her kids but

It worked out fine

[Verse 2]

I was still a kid in 2010

When people said you couldn't trust the internet

But I used it to escape and maybe find some friends and

It worked out fine

[Chorus]

They're making signs out of picket fences

Screaming like it's World War Three

Kids are leaving their schools to protest

Everything they see on TV

Hmm

[Verse 3]

I was still a kid in 2012

When you were switching schools before our brother left

We never really figured out the time difference but

We're still fine

[Chorus]

You think you're safe behind picket fences

But you find it harder to breathe

I'm sure the kids can outsmart the senate

Before it hits two hundred degrees

Hmm

[Bridge]

They tell us it's fucked

But we'll make it better

The world is on fire

Then I'll be your shelter

They tell us it's fucked

But we'll make it better

The world is on fire

Then I'll be your shelter

They tell us it's fucked (Fuck your picket fence)

But we'll make it better (And your government)

The world is on fire (And the consequence)

Then I'll be your shelter (Of all the arguments)

They tell us it's fucked (Fuck your picket fence)

But we'll make it better (And your government)

The world is on fire (And the consequence)

Then I'll be your shelter (Of all the arguments)

[Chorus]

They're making signs out of picket fences

Screaming like it's World War Three

Kids are leaving their schools to protest

Everything they see on TV

You think you're safe behind picket fences

But you find it harder to breathe

I know the kids can outsmart the senate

Before it hits two hundred degrees

[Outro]

I'm twenty-one, crying like a little kid

The government officials tweet the world has gone to shit

I pull double shifts just like my mother did