State Violence Lyrics

Johnny sits in the kitchen

Sipping a cup of tea

Turns on the television

What does dear Johnny see?

(click!) Another war donation

(click!) Another bill to pass

(click!) Domestic violence

(click!) The rising cost of gas

Pick your best propaganda

Make sure the colours pop

Sadistic carnival rides / another heart beat stopped

What Johnny doesn't see from his recliner chair

Is there's no way out

State-sanctioned violence is all that he's learned

Try to erase one another in turn

Don't look back now 'cause there's nowhere to run

State-sanctioned violence is all that we've won

State-sanctioned violence is all that we've learned

Kettled and cornered with nowhere to turn

Squint through the tear gas and boots as they fall

State-sanctioned violence for one and for all

Angela turns the keys and the starter jumps to life

The tank is almost empty and it is cold tonight

Her kids are under blankets, hungry and out of sight

Missing their father because the cops, they took his life

No way to make a living that isn't miserable

To take care of her mother she had to drop out of school

Happening everywhere it's oppression overtime

Where's the way out?