Red Sun Rising
There’s a red sun rising
On the horizon
Pay it no mind
Pay it no mind
There’s a chill wind blowing
Like lies and poison
Pay it no mind
Pay it no mind
They say ‘fix your house before you
meddle in somebody else’s’
But they don’t practice what they preach
Do they?
There was a time, they say
When people ran on their benefits
and not everyone else’s flaws
People may not be black-and-white
But life isn’t math —
you can’t just add up every factor
This plus that is a happily ever after
Everybody look around it’s breaking down
The world is dying without making a sound
The birds are lying on the ground
On the ground
Squabble over everything
from eyes to hair
Can’t accept the truth -
that life isn’t fair
Justify, justify
Everything you’re saying
Justify, justify
On stories with no ending
The dark is light
The light is dark
This extremism is there throughout
The sky is falling ‘round our ears
Can’t you hear?
Fire, music, passion, war
This is life, this is war
Who are you fighting for?
Who are you
fighting for?
Ashes and dust on the wind
Who’s responsible?
Ashes and dust on the wind
Won’t you take a little blame for me?
Everybody wants to shift fault
It’s this, it’s that
Admissions can’t accept it
Missions failing
Tweets have left or right shift
Can’t we leave anything be?
What’s the meaning in two squashed bees?
Purple, gray, pink, white,
every color has a meaning
A generation or two
It’ll be the opposite connotation
Are you living for
everybody else?
Are you living for
nobody else?
Why romanticize this drama?
Here, there, everywhere
Little fires rising
Droughts and floods arriving
Will your beliefs save you now?
Living for the future
Living for the past
Can’t you see
The world is passing you by
Don’t wait for the perfect time
Don’t wait for the perfect dream
When you get that feeling
Jump on the bandwagon, they can’t wait forever!
Ever and ever
This cycle is forever
Nature is bleeding
But they know what they’re doing
Don’t break the cycle
Why break the cycle
Circle, circle
Sky, sea, stone
Circle, circle
Stars in your eyes
I see the rain and the wind and the fires
Burning in our reflections
We are a shadow of Nature
We are a glimmer in their eyes
A hundred, a thousand, a million
times
Would you do it again
if you knew
what you do now
what you do now
Our boundaries
We made them
Our fences
We’ll break them
Were we meant to know?
(Don’t tell me, I wanna stay innocent)
Fight, fight, fight
over nothing
Fight, fight, fight
over everything
If you do something
worth something
The news paints over you
Born into the background
If you say something
worth something
Everybody screaming
What d’you think you’re saying?
Why didn’t you do it?
You’re not the right person!
Always in the background
Always in the background
Always in the background
Always in the background
Why, why, why
Why these meaningless qualifications
Why, why, why
Being born signs you up for nothing
Don’t look at me like that
Don’t you do it
You’re not the best person, maybe
That’s what they tell you
Leave it to the professionals
Leave it to the professionals
Well, here’s a shocking fact -
If you do nothing, nothing changes
If you do nothing, nothing changes
You don’t have to know
Exactly what you’re doing
But you better know why
Why would someone say that?
What would they gain?
We need a few more critical thinkers
Everything you do you’re criticized
So why not do what you believe in?
If you have a choice, you have a choice
be scared, but don’t ignore it
Being silent doesn’t absolve you of responsibility
It really doesn’t
The night is staring
It knows what you did
The night is staring
Will you regret
what you’ve done?
Will you regret
what you haven’t?
Think about it
before it’s too late
What will be your legacy?
You don’t know, you don’t know
what you’ve got
Don’t lose what you have ’cause the grass seemed greener
The grass is always greener
That doesn’t mean it’s better
Understanding doesn’t mean you need excuses
Sympathizing doesn’t mean you got to do it
The sky is falling down
The wind is rising
Are you gonna face the music?
Are you gonna face the music?
A reckoning doesn’t have to be bad
All it means it that you got to face who you are
(You got to face who you are)
I don’t believe anyone is born evil
I don’t believe anyone is born good
Who you are is who you are, let’s not bring politics into it
You can make your choices
You can write your story
You can be free
You can be free
There’s a red sun rising
Will you face it?
There’s a pale moon setting
Will you remember it?
Everyone is fighting, fighting
A false peace like glass
We don’t talk about this
We don’t talk about that
Everybody’s got their issues
Everybody’s got their past
Country
Religion
Gender
Sexuality
Appearance
Personality
Race
Beliefs
What’s left that hasn’t been weaponized?
What’s left that’s still free?
Can it be the water from the wells?
Can it be the ground beneath our feet?
How much longer before we have to pay for the air that we breathe?
How much longer?
I know it doesn’t look like we’re paying but we are
I know it doesn’t look like we’re paying
On what side
of good and evil
will we be remembered?
Will we be remembered?
The ground is moving
Out from beneath our feet
Pay it no mind
Pay it no mind
The sky is gray
The clouds have teeth
Pay it no mind
Pay it no mind
We cannot think
We cannot breathe
Pay it no mind
Pay it no mind
There’s a red sun rising
Can you see it?
There’s a red sun rising
Will you face it?
