Defiance, Ohio - I Don't Want Solidarity If It Means Holding Hands With You lyrics
[Defiance, Ohio - I Don't Want Solidarity If It Means Holding Hands With You lyrics]
Let's stop this talk of privilege
Because the songs that we sing are as much
A product of our privilege as the
Clothes on my back and the phone call
I made to my mom last night
Let's stop this talk of action
Because action comes easy
It's the moments just before that are hard
When I've got to get my voice and my
Fist on the same page as my heart
Let's stop this talk of them because the
Things we find deplorable in politicians
CEOs and cops are the same things
That will tear ourselves apart
And let's stop this talk of words because
Words like dishonesty, selfishness
And laziness
And greed aren't as distanct to us
As we'd like to believe
So please, the next time
You're smashing the state
Don't go breaking my heart
Because i know that when we
Pick up the pieces
The only thing left will be
The same empty rubble
That's made up every revolution
That I've ever known
To make me believe and lose faith in humanity
In the same empty breath of hot air
They say that the beauty's in the streets
But when i look around
It seems more like defeat
I'm afraid that this fight that
We're all caught up in
Will make us the same as that which we oppose
So please, the next time
You're smashing the state
Don't go breaking my heart
But i know that we can pick up
The pieces and build something new
Something different that's not like
Every revolution that i've
Ever known that can make me believe
And have faith in humanity and we'll all
Breath a breath of fresh air
Because the songs that we sing are as much
A product of our privilege as the
Clothes on my back and the phone call
I made to my mom last night
Let's stop this talk of action
Because action comes easy
It's the moments just before that are hard
When I've got to get my voice and my
Fist on the same page as my heart
Let's stop this talk of them because the
Things we find deplorable in politicians
CEOs and cops are the same things
That will tear ourselves apart
And let's stop this talk of words because
Words like dishonesty, selfishness
And laziness
And greed aren't as distanct to us
As we'd like to believe
So please, the next time
You're smashing the state
Don't go breaking my heart
Because i know that when we
Pick up the pieces
The only thing left will be
The same empty rubble
That's made up every revolution
That I've ever known
To make me believe and lose faith in humanity
In the same empty breath of hot air
They say that the beauty's in the streets
But when i look around
It seems more like defeat
I'm afraid that this fight that
We're all caught up in
Will make us the same as that which we oppose
So please, the next time
You're smashing the state
Don't go breaking my heart
But i know that we can pick up
The pieces and build something new
Something different that's not like
Every revolution that i've
Ever known that can make me believe
And have faith in humanity and we'll all
Breath a breath of fresh air