Dissonance Lyrics

A slow afternoon, the sweet smell of the evening

On shore breeze overhead, a second wind

Slows over blooming hills, it becomes a

Blanket of air to keep out the chill

We're all warm, docile, and still

And still we remember our reminders and alarms

It's a nice excuse to look down and pocket check the phone

Wouldn't you know we're at war, it's called total war

Always the same explanations, myths and lore

Thousands of miles of front lines but there are none at our back

Door

Rushing to work and rushing home

Changing lanes, it's all the same so settle in

A smoggy tranquility wraps the traffic

The speakers drone on scanning ASMR static

America's team caught cheating again

There were shotgun mics on the sidelines sounding closer than the stands

Drop the can attached with wire, send DM's to the end of the aisle, friends

It's hard to believe we're at war perpetually

Life seems the same for everyone around me

Young and old, city and country people check

Nixle religiously for an APB or emergency

The devil's working behind every clickable stop

Pulling strings so the spending won't stop

Almost broke and blind to the tether

The puppets turn on one another

We've already turned on each other

All so busy, oh so busy

Dancing with shows to make it all feel real

Focus all our attention on magnificent diversions

You'd hardly know we're at war all over the world

Fighting the same fights since our flag was first unfurled

It's costing fortunes, mortgages on oceans

The blind can see the end is coming soon

Tonight we'll invade some place I've never seen

It won't make the papers since we kept it all real clean

Endless progression, imperial implosion

Is right outside, knocking, knocking