American Lament Lyrics

It's been a long time coming

But I've found nothing to make it right

Why try to patch it up

The damage is permanent

With ignorance blinding their eyes

The guardrails snapping

And words collapsing our fragile minds

It seems like each point of view's

Been stuck in a centrifuge

Throwing them all to the sides

Carried along, carried along

I've been at your throat for so long

That they've stolen our love to frame their plot

And put it right on top at the ballot box

Carried along, we've been carried along

You've been at my throat for so long

Still I can't stand by to watch you slide

Down a hole until you die alone

The least of these have never seemed so far out of reach

We feast on anxiety while praising our piety

Ignoring the plight of the weak

It's us versus you on network news

Painstakingly driving us mad

There's endless capacity for cruelty and apathy

Trading kindness for cheap power grabs

Dear God, we've been

Carried along, carried along

I've been at your throat for so long

That they've stolen our love to frame their plot

And put it right on top at the ballot box

Carried along, we've been carried along

You've been at my throat for so long

But I can't stand by to watch you slide

Down a hole until you die alone

Your kingdom's built on ash

The first shall be last

Gain control but lose your soul

Once you have it can you ever let it go

Is it everything that you wanted

You're at home in discontent

Ignore the mountain of regret

American lament

American lament

Everything that you wanted

Is stripped clean from your hands

Still I can't stand by to watch you slide

Down a hole until you die alone