My City Lyrics

I think I have never been brave

Well trained to be afraid

Of the people who don’t look like me

And that is all I see

And I think when I walk in the room that

That’s how it must feel for you

Cause you’ve seen my face on the evening news

Or someone just like me

You’re afraid, and you’re ready to fight

But you don’t care who and what for

And the dream of your life was broken

You don’t know what is in store

Tell me, when you watch the news

Does it seal your certitude

In the message that was brought to you

By the banks that own your homes

Can we start checking out of

Our own brands of devout

Could the flags be buried in the ground

Instead of draping someone's bones

You’re afraid and you’re ready to fight

You don’t care who and what for

And the dream of your life has been broken

You don’t know what is in store

Well I’ve been there before

Why do we equivocate

Between what we feel and what we say

And what we want to believe

Is the decency we seek

Cause It’s not a gift to belong

Or feel safe where you were born

But I count in my fears

My city, my home, my own

Who cares for blood or flags forgotten

Or some miss-remembered king

Should your personhood be stolen

For anything

Do you think we will it into being

Is this what everybody dreaming

Cause I don’t see it

No, I don’t see it

No, I don’t see it

No, I don’t see it

You’re afraid, and you’re ready to fight

But you don’t know who and what for

And the dream of your life has been broke

You don’t know what is in store

Well I think, maybe its better we’ve woke

Maybe its better we’ve woke

Maybe its better we’ve woke

We get to moving on

Do you think we will it into being?

Is this what everybody dreaming?