Don’t be quiet, don’t be quaint
Because there is no time to waste
All these hateful motherfuckers want to shoot us in the face
Are we living in the end?
Is the way we’re fighting dead?
Can you preach about non-violence with a bullet in your head?
Do you want to see the truth,
Or just stay in, where it’s safe?
Do you want to fight the problem,
Or just pass around the blame?
Will the future generations know how bravely you fought?
Will a grave marked “coward” be the spot where you rot?
Wish I could say I don’t believe
The carnage my eyes are showing me
But I fall back on wiser words than mine,
“When someone shows you who they are,
Believe them the first time.”
It’s real. It’s true.
They’re coming after you,
And you’d better start fighting, or you’re gonna die, too.
Don’t be passive, they’re aggressive
And they don’t fight clean,
And there are bigger fucking problems than your punk rock scene
Do you care about the world,
Or just what you have at stake?
Are you really that scared of being called a “snowflake”?
Fight next to me and we’ll fight back
Because enough of us is an avalanche.
Wish I could say I don’t believe
The carnage my eyes are showing me
But I fall back on wiser words than mine,
“When someone shows you who they are,
Believe them the first time.”
I am the world’s forgotten peace.
Everything explained to me was a lie.
But I can see the truth in their eyes.
Can you see what mine show me?
Will you let yourself believe tonight?
Because I believe in you and I.
Wish I could say I don’t believe
The carnage my eyes are showing me
But I fall back on wiser words than mine,
“When someone shows you who they are,
Believe them the first time.”
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