Shane Koyczan - 152 lyrics
[Shane Koyczan - 152 lyrics]
One in five
Today one in five wondered if being alive
Was worth the cost of another day
Wondering if 2 in 10 wondered when
There was finally going to be
A 911 for mental health
4 in 20 wondered if the wealth spent
On the self decided salaries of politicians
Who claim the children are our future
Could pay for it
Maybe 1 of the 8 of the 8 in 40
Quit wondering and started making plans
Maybe 3 of the 16 of the 16 in 80
Feel like unrecycled cans
That are just easier to throw away
Maybe one fifth of 160
Is easier to say than 32
Because 32 is starting to sound like a lot
A toll free number is not enough
Give us a number everyone knows by heart
So the next time we see
Someone's world falling apart
We can do more than just stand there
Because the scars we can't see
Require different care than the ones left
There by crime or by accident
Sometimes there's no hint
To tell you where it hurts it just hurts
Sometimes our minds are red alerts
You can't see
Even when you look us in the eye
Sometimes we cry for what others
Would consider no reason
Sometimes the treason we commit
Is against ourselves
It's hard enough trying to find who we are
Amid the overcrowded shelves of pills
Meant to manage how we function
Sometimes the junction box is broken
And we miss the connections
That others seem to make with ease
Imagine if you threw away the 1
Of the 1 in 5 keys that could open the door
To the room the world forgot
We were locked in
If kindness makes us friends
Let compassion make us kin
Don't let us get lost in the numbers again
Illness is illness
Sometimes the cost to heal it
Is an ear willing to listen
Sometimes a shoulder
Volunteering to be a crutch
People are not a price to
Be weighed against your budget
1 in 5 is 2 much
Today one in five wondered if being alive
Was worth the cost of another day
Wondering if 2 in 10 wondered when
There was finally going to be
A 911 for mental health
4 in 20 wondered if the wealth spent
On the self decided salaries of politicians
Who claim the children are our future
Could pay for it
Maybe 1 of the 8 of the 8 in 40
Quit wondering and started making plans
Maybe 3 of the 16 of the 16 in 80
Feel like unrecycled cans
That are just easier to throw away
Maybe one fifth of 160
Is easier to say than 32
Because 32 is starting to sound like a lot
A toll free number is not enough
Give us a number everyone knows by heart
So the next time we see
Someone's world falling apart
We can do more than just stand there
Because the scars we can't see
Require different care than the ones left
There by crime or by accident
Sometimes there's no hint
To tell you where it hurts it just hurts
Sometimes our minds are red alerts
You can't see
Even when you look us in the eye
Sometimes we cry for what others
Would consider no reason
Sometimes the treason we commit
Is against ourselves
It's hard enough trying to find who we are
Amid the overcrowded shelves of pills
Meant to manage how we function
Sometimes the junction box is broken
And we miss the connections
That others seem to make with ease
Imagine if you threw away the 1
Of the 1 in 5 keys that could open the door
To the room the world forgot
We were locked in
If kindness makes us friends
Let compassion make us kin
Don't let us get lost in the numbers again
Illness is illness
Sometimes the cost to heal it
Is an ear willing to listen
Sometimes a shoulder
Volunteering to be a crutch
People are not a price to
Be weighed against your budget
1 in 5 is 2 much