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The world we know hides terror and violence so unseen

Systemic sacrifice

Every step in our development distorts possibilities

Behind closed doors and in plain sight

Our choices destroy dreams

The status quo

Vicious inequality kills, kills, kills

With ease...

The distance between what is and what could be

Standing tall on pillars, but still we cannot see

Raised on war, decay and bodies torn

Is there light? Who will lead?

Does the system always need?

Perpetuating misery

The shame of all humanity

Shame of our humanity

It lies behind, beneath and below everything we see

Societal suffering

Could it be that they need this struggle for dignity?

Whilst on the edge they feed the core

And all we dream to be

Misery remains

Tragically the blood will spill, spill, spill

With ease...

The distance between what is and what could be

Standing tall on pillars, but still we cannot see

Raised on war, decay and bodies torn

Is there light? Who will lead?

Does the system always need?

Perpetuating misery

The shame of all humanity

Shame of our humanity

Money from munitions

Dime from disease

Profit of our poverty

Greed out of grief

Out of sight and out of mind

Where more exists than released

Behind the veil, a hidden plight

Our lives raised on decay

Out of the dark and into the black

A view of the world through a hairline crack

When every soul can have a home

But sleeps instead on stone

Is it enough to pursue a world devoid of war?

A paradigm shift or change of thought

Should we not aim for more?

Resources spent on mechanical death

Protecting sacred ground

Spreads like disease

Agressive ideology kills, kills, kills

With ease...

The distance between what is and what could be

Standing tall on pillars, but still we cannot see

Raised on war, decay and bodies torn

Is there light? Who will lead?

Does the system always need?

Perpetuating misery

The shame of all humanity

Shame of our humanity