"Stop The Bleeding" lyrics
"Stop The Bleeding"
(feat. Jesse Leach)
The endless scroll of human tragedy
I swipe along as the days go by
Another brother murdered out in the streets
I connect to the shame, we don't know what it's like
Born lucky cause the color of skin
America your heart is caving in
Somehow I thought this was the land of the free
Where is our humanity?
Our humanity
Beating after beating
Throat choked under knee
Help me please
Because I can't breathe
Just stop the bleeding
Body after body
Piles up in the streets
Stand and fight
Not another life
Just stop the bleeding
And some will claim it's a conspiracy
The fake news out to undermine
When riots fight off white supremacy
Never given a choice, so they're drawing a line
I stare and look out at the world in disgust
These men are dying over nothing just
Good men stand up and show your bravery
For a lost democracy
Our democracy
Beating after beating
Throat choked under knee (Throat choked under knee)
Help me please
Because I can't breathe
Just stop the bleeding
Body after body
Piles up in the streets (Piles up in the streets)
Stand and fight
Not another life
Just stop the bleeding
Our strife
Our struggle
Fight through these open wounds
Our strife
Our struggle
Fight through these open wounds
Beating after beating
Throat choked under knee
Beating after beating (Beating after beating)
Throat choked under knee (Throat choked under knee)
Help me please
Because I can't breathe
Just stop the bleeding
Body after body (Body after body)
Piles up in the streets (Piled up in the streets)
Stand and fight
Not another life
Just stop the bleeding now
The bleeding now
The bleeding
Our strife (Our strife)
Our struggle (Our struggle)
Fight through these open wounds
Vocalist/guitarist Robb Flynn shares the inspiration behind the release, "I wrote and sang the lyrics on Wednesday May 27th, 2020, the day that the four officers who murdered George Floyd were (originally) not charged with anything. This day was engulfed in protests and riots across America. I drove into Oakland, past large demonstrations already happening and, in a fury, wrote down everything I was feeling after watching the horrific footage. Within hours, what I wanted to say, what I needed to say had been recorded in the song."
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