"For Broken Ears" lyrics

"For Broken Ears"

Where are the ones who carry the guns
To the far away lands with the blackened suns
From the smoke and narrow minds
The half-truth trails and the holy lies

Of an empty heart and overflowing mouth
A plastic smile and a coward's frown
Repercussions come around
When the word named free burns to the ground somehow

Where are the deaf and where are the dumb
From the side of the tracks where no reason comes from
And the table's never bare
The water runs and mama's always there

So who separates the world from the start
With such words and such words would cause
A shot heard round the world
A justice that never hurt at all

So down, down, down like a ball of flames
To the rotten core filling up with names
Of hypocrites, what a massive list
Don't exclude yourself from it

Don't compromise administration lies
Carried out and covered up with time
Carried out and turned around to shine
We're high on a pedestal of broken lies

Compassion speaks loud for itself
Falls on broken ears and off the value shelf
Into the dirt left to the wind
Coming up strong, ready to begin

To obliterate the word from the start
With such ideas come and such ideas cause
A spark that will set a blaze
And leave the embers red until the end of days

So down, down, down like a ball of flames
To the rotten core filling up with names
Of hypocrites, what a massive list
Don't exclude ourselves from it

Don't compromise administration lies
Carried out and covered up with time
Carried out and turned around to shine
We're high on a pedestal of broken lies

Where are the ones who carry the guns
To the far away lands with the blackened suns
From the smoke and narrow minds
The half-truth trails and the holy lies

Of an empty heart and overflowing mouth
A plastic smile and a coward's frown
Repercussions come around
When the word named free burns to the ground somehow


Writer(s): Charles Allen Ragan
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