Falling Apart at Your Hands
mind is conflicting
body’s inflicting
the world is a’ spinning
right off of its axis
the train is a’ coming
right off of it’s tracks
yet she is still giving
her people this tax
tell me why your people are crying
your people are crying!
tell me why your people are dying
in the streets where they’re lying
i was walking around
this too-familiar town
trying to see
what you’ve done to yourself
i saw upon his door
the flag of your neighbor
a man who fell at your hands
victim to your thoughtless actions
when we will see
what you’re really doing
and open up our eyes
to every empty lie
tell me why your people are crying
your people are crying!
tell me why your people are dying
in the streets where they’re lying
another empty pocket
another empty stomach
another empty promise
from the bowels of liberty
another fallen hero
another account at zero
another statistic
from leaders gone sadistic
tell me why your people are crying
your people are crying!
tell me why your people are dying
in the streets where they’re lying… tonight
(we’re falling apart your hands)
