THE WORLD YOU BUILT

Lyrics for THE WORLD YOU BUILT

He was a decent man With a wife and kids That's all they can say I wonder why that is And now they celebrate A life he didn't live Because the one he really did Won't fit their narrative Crocodile tears When it's one of you But only thoughts and prayers For the kids in school And now the president Calls for a civil war Before he even knows Who or what he's fighting for You're just another victim of the world you built Of people you've infected with the hate you spit Another new statistic as the blood gets spilled You don't care if it happens You just didn't think it'd happen to you You're just another victim of the world you built Of people you've infected with the hate you spit Another new statistic as the blood gets spilled You don't care if it happens You just didn't think it'd happen to you Get out the firing squad If it's one of them Nail him to cross By his feet and hands But if he's one of us We're gonna pray for him Cause he can still get into heaven If he's just troubled kid Who's just another victim of the world you built Of people you've infected with the hate you spit Another new statistic as the blood gets spilled You don't care if it happens You just didn't think it'd happen to you You're just another victim of the world you built Of people you've infected with the hate you spit Another new statistic as the blood gets spilled You don't care if it happens You just didn't think it'd happen to you Speak violence with a microphone Spread panic and division till the dead dog croaks again Blame your problems on the same scapegoats And laugh as all the people who applaud you come for them They say they love you but they really love a martyr And they only want a dead one Monetized hysteria is never victimless Even if you thought your culture war was only views and clicks Cause bullets don't discriminate Between those you love and those you hate Sometimes the violence you create Comes back to stare you in the face He's not the first To pay the price In his own words A sacrifice Weaponized intolerance Towards everyone you've targeted Despite your own incompetence Is still the thing that started this Ain't it strange Which lives they take? Which ones they choose to celebrate? Which ones will be televised? And which ones will they try to hide? Which will they mourn? Which will they rewrite? Which ones will they ignore? Or tokenize? Which ones will they distort And then discard Which ones deserve A change of heart The violence Was always there This is just the first time you care You're just another victim of the world you built You're just another victim of the world you built You're just another victim of the world you built You're just another victim of the world you built You're just another victim of the world you built Of people you've infected with the hate you spit Another new statistic as the blood gets spilled You don't care if it happens You just didn't think it'd happen to you They want you to laugh when your enemy dies They want you afraid, disillusioned, sick and radicalized When they come for you, they want you tired and weak If they can keep you divided Then they can keep you deceived Everybody knows the only good one is a dead one