[Intro]

Why do I write about the pain?

Why do I make it so I scream?

I know how much we stand to gain

Rebuke this out of control train

[Verse 1]

They hide and look away

The truth is too painful, they say

But I will speak up for the dead

I can't get them out of my head

[Pre-Chorus]

Seek evidence, think critically

First you say, "No way!", don't fall prey

If your skeptic falls asleep

You wake up as the sheep

[Chorus]

We won't hide and look away

We can't persist like this

Our lives cannot be bliss

Structured cognitive dissonance

Ignorance is a choice

We speak up!

With our voice

Open your eyes and see

Truth ovеr lies, we scream

Ragе at these Systems

Rage at these Systems

[Verse 2]

This confluence of events

The zeitgeist too intense

So much suffering in history

Infinitely played on repeat

We speak up for the dead

They live inside our heads

[Chorus]

We won't hide and look away

We can't persist like this

Our lives cannot be bliss

Structured cognitive dissonance

Ignorance is a choice

We speak up!

With our voice

Open your eyes and see

Truth over lies, we scream

Rage at these Systems

Rage at these Systems

[Verse 3]

They hide and look away

To face the truth another day

We fight their apathy

It's clear in front of me

Every moment we're under attack

And the pain slips through the cracks

[Bridge]

Resist all these racists

No dogma, then no hatred

Bring your voice, join resistance

Together, we reform the Systems

[Spoken Interlude]

Write some letters of concern?

I feel my fury burn and burn and burn

"Unfit to be the ruler of a free people"

"He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us"

"He has endeavored to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither"

[Pre-Chorus]

Seek evidence, think critically

First you say, "No way!", don't fall prey

If your skeptic falls asleep

You wake up as the sheep

[Chorus]

We won't hide and look away

We can't persist like this

Our lives cannot be bliss

Structured cognitive dissonance

Ignorance is a choice —

(We speak up!) —

With our voice

(We speak up!)

Open your eyes and see

Truth over lies, we scream

While we stand fixated, terror in our streets

Rage at these Systems

Rage at these Systems

Rage at these Systems

Rage at these Systems

[Outro]

We will survive and earn our peace

We can see it, it's in reach