We cried into the darkness
to drown out the voices of hatred
But the darkness did not wane
The light we thought we saw was artificial
Cold LED's held in traitor hands
hands that claimed to pull us up
while seeking to push us down
The voices that called back
"sit down, shut up!"
shrunk to deceive us
"speak up, stand up!"
rang above them and gave us false hope
Now again they cry louder than before
"sit down, shut up!"
This was never our America
They held the reigns in secret,
two fingers twisted as they lied through their smiles
"We love you!"
With a knife held behind their backs
"Why don't you love us?!"
As the knife comes down,
as the fingers untwist and the smiles turn to snarls
As we bleed and cry out in pain and they say:
"Sit down, shut up...
It will only hurt for a second."
Nov 13, 2016
Nov 13, 2016 at 7:01 AM UTC
We cried into the darkness
to drown out the voices of hatred
But the darkness did not wane
The light we thought we saw was artificial
Cold LED's held in traitor hands
hands that claimed to pull us up
while seeking to push us down
The voices that called back
"sit down, shut up!"
shrunk to deceive us
"speak up, stand up!"
rang above them and gave us false hope
Now again they cry louder than before
"sit down, shut up!"
This was never our America
They held the reigns in secret,
two fingers twisted as they lied through their smiles
"We love you!"
With a knife held behind their backs
"Why don't you love us?!"
As the knife comes down,
as the fingers untwist and the smiles turn to snarls
As we bleed and cry out in pain and they say:
"Sit down, shut up...
It will only hurt for a second."
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