THE WORLD YOU BUILT

He was a decent man
With a wife and kids
That's all they can say
I wonder why that is
And now they celebrate
A life he didn't live
Because the one he really did
Won't fit their narrative

Crocodile tears
When it's one of you
But only thoughts and prayers
For the kids in school
And now the president
Calls for a civil war
Before he even knows
Who or what he's fighting for

You're just another victim of the world you built
Of people you've infected with the hate you spit
Another new statistic as the blood gets spilled
You don't care if it happens
You just didn't think it'd happen to you

You're just another victim of the world you built
Of people you've infected with the hate you spit
Another new statistic as the blood gets spilled
You don't care if it happens
You just didn't think it'd happen to you

Get out the firing squad
If it's one of them
Nail him to cross
By his feet and hands
But if he's one of us
We're gonna pray for him
Cause he can still get into heaven
If he's just troubled kid

Who's just another victim of the world you built
Of people you've infected with the hate you spit
Another new statistic as the blood gets spilled
You don't care if it happens
You just didn't think it'd happen to you

You're just another victim of the world you built
Of people you've infected with the hate you spit
Another new statistic as the blood gets spilled
You don't care if it happens
You just didn't think it'd happen to you

Speak violence with a microphone
Spread panic and division till the dead dog croaks again
Blame your problems on the same scapegoats
And laugh as all the people who applaud you come for them
They say they love you but they really love a martyr
And they only want a dead one

Monetized hysteria is never victimless
Even if you thought your culture war was only views and clicks
Cause bullets don't discriminate
Between those you love and those you hate
Sometimes the violence you create
Comes back to stare you in the face

He's not the first
To pay the price
In his own words
A sacrifice

Weaponized intolerance
Towards everyone you've targeted
Despite your own incompetence
Is still the thing that started this

Ain't it strange
Which lives they take?
Which ones they choose to celebrate?
Which ones will be televised?
And which ones will they try to hide?

Which will they mourn?
Which will they rewrite?
Which ones will they ignore?
Or tokenize?

Which ones will they distort
And then discard
Which ones deserve
A change of heart
The violence
Was always there
This is just the first time you care

You're just another victim of the world you built
You're just another victim of the world you built
You're just another victim of the world you built
You're just another victim of the world you built

You're just another victim of the world you built
Of people you've infected with the hate you spit
Another new statistic as the blood gets spilled
You don't care if it happens
You just didn't think it'd happen to you

They want you to laugh when your enemy dies
They want you afraid, disillusioned, sick and radicalized
When they come for you, they want you tired and weak
If they can keep you divided then they can keep you deceived
Everybody knows the only good one is a dead one