Hollow

One more requiem
As the church bells open fire
On another kid who will never hold the hand
Of his first love at the homecoming dance
Gunfire riddles the news again

Welcome brother echoes in my head
The last words of a hero giving open arms
And love in face of death
I just can’t take it
How’d we get so hollow?

And the future’s caving in on me
When I try to tell my children
Because a house held up by silence is a grave
But I don’t know what to say
How’d we get so hollow?

I don’t want to be good at this
I don’t want to give hate my silence
Another day, another sorrow
How’d we get so hollow?