Better Than This Lyrics

I hoped that we were better than this

I hoped we might have learned

Instead we're surging towards the abyss

Where we watch the world burn

Why are they choosing hate

Choosing violence

Letting fear rule every choice that they make

Feels like a bad dream

But it's all too real

Wish I could just shake it off when I wake

Sick to my core

Tears prick my eyes

Capable of such greatness

Instead we bring about our own demise

Despite how far our kind has come

They want to throw it all away

Consumed by anger, fear and mistrust

They've severely lost their way

How can they stand there

Say that they don't care

About those that will be crushed in their wake

How can they stand behind

Something so vile

Nothing justifies the path that they take

We have to be better than this

I know we're so much better than this

Even though so much is broken

Have to believe we can do better than this