More than this

[intro Instrumental] [Verse 1] Everybody knows the damn truth Our nation lied, and lost respect When we wake up, what can we do? Get the kids ready, take them to school Everybody knows they don’t have a chance To get a decent job, to have a normal life When they talk reforms, it makes me laugh They pretend to help, it makes me laugh [Chorus] I think I understand why people get a gun I think I understand why we all give up Every day they have a kind of victory Blood of innocence, spread everywhere They say that we need love But we need more than this [Instrumental interlude] [Verse 2] The news plays on a broken screen Another promise, another dream They sell us hope in empty jars And hide the truth behind the stars The children learn to hold their breath In a world that loves them half to death We nod along to hollow songs While everything we trust goes wrong [Bridge] Maybe the silence is the loudest cry Maybe the answer’s in a child’s eye Not in the speeches, not in the lies But in the hands that hold the sky [Chorus] I think I understand why people get a gun I think I understand why we all give up Every day they have a kind of victory Blood of innocence, spread everywhere They say that we need love But we need more than this [Outro] More than this More than a kiss on a bleeding wound More than a prayer in a crowded room We need the truth to rise from the grave We need the strength to be brave More than this More than this