every media minute

Lyrics for every media minute

Every media minute America's hysterical hands drip blood A pointing finger on inward The people scroll over bodies Wet dreams of war We want to believe we aren't dying too And the joy is sad And the art is sadder When will we live we think in words And I am a sound They tell me love is hard work But why does it come so easy? I haven't clocked in I don't want this love to tire Or go on strike for better wages Or lose itself in a bottle At a lonely bar I am tired of protest I'm tired of protest Everything, everything, everything Everything here is a job Even love And that is how I know That is how I know they have trained us to become what we loathe To desire what disguises us To be the executed and the executioner I had a friend who had a friend and they are no more He was so busy He was so busy being himself He couldn't try just being for a change Maybe Maybe if we market love like a selfie Or maybe if we offer a stimulus package for Feelings we don't allow ourselves to feel Maybe then Maybe then we can communicate Or at the very least we can laugh We can laugh at the hypocrisy of our silly predicament here together Insanity is the father of invention He's a rolling stone The Christians are clinging to their God more than ever before Rickety religions reveal rickety men Been there Done that I want a God no American can worship I want a God who doesn't want to be worshipped Who isn't insecure or condescending I want a God who doesn't put borders around heaven I want a God who smuggles souls past patrol officers Sins seated in the trunk of his four-door chest Thundering down walls I want a God, don't you? Don't you? We need something Something greater than ourselves There's a whole lot of religion And not enough God A whole lot of religion And not enough God To the God that shivers the leaves Kisses the rivers And brings us to our knees Something, something greater within ourselves I want a God who returns prayers to sender Who laughs with or at us I want a God, don't you? We need something I want a God who loves