Your Son - If This Is Civil Lyrics

That opinion piece was cute, that insider's risking their hide
Here come the pitchforks and torches, they might be buried alive
He might be nailed to the cross, she might be burned at the stake
Or, they might return as the second coming in this summer's debates
But wait, hatred is hatred, no matter which way you frame it
No matter whose name is on the ballot, it's invalid and naked
So stick your pin in for penance, and leave your penis beneath it
Burn all but one piece of the coal, on Christmas eve you might need it
Believe it, if an army's backing away from their general
It doesn't mean they're disarming, it just means it's inevitable
They're recruiting the latest Cruzes, and Putins, and Pences
And whoever looks best in the blue suit is confirmed by consensus
So bring the Rexes from Texas, erect a fence to leave the Mexicans defenseless in trenches
Since when are children contentious?
Since when are children the puppet pawns to get ripped apart and shit upon?
Don't got a pot to piss in, yet prison is where we visit mom?
If this is civil, then civil war's on the table, man
Bragging about your grabbing and making fun of a disabled man
This isn't fable or myth, this shit's on cable every minute after minute
I admit, I'm knee deep in this shit, he can't breathe, I feel sick
I cook one dollar twenty-five cents on the spit
What I need's is a new truck and a brand new TV
While millions of helpless American children are simply dying to eat
Repeat
Millions of helpless American children are simply dying to eat
As our nation's health care system is aggressively failing the families in need
F*ck me, f*ck you, f*ck luck, f*ck truth
Facts speak, truth lies, leaves lives brutalized
These eyes, this mouth, sees lies, sows doubt
So down, down we goes, backs so broken we're touching our toes
So many questions, nobody knows
Backs so broken we're touching our toes
So many questions, nobody knows
God has my answers, I follow his lead
So many questions, nobody knows
High atop mountains, and leagues below sea
Backs so broken we're touching our toes
God has my answers, I follow his lead
So many questions, that nobody knows
I got some questions
I got some questions
So many questions, that nobody knows
I got some questions, nobody knows
I got some questions
I have some questions
I got some questions
Give me some answers
Let's start with the flesh, kids
Tell me about cancer
Well, everybody's got it, you're gonna get it
Everyone's got it, I'm gonna get it?
I don't buy that shit for one f*cking minute
It's not the intent of every tenant in every tenement
To drink the water that welcomes the devil in
Proves it's irrelevant, proves they're unneeded
I stand here with Flint and I stand here unheeded
And damn right I'm heated, but this about a three
At this level I'll still take a spot of tea
This kid was locked out, then this kid found a key
It started with Rage and ended with Machine
From my brain to my heart to my bowels, and all that's devoured
Between the eleventh and twenty-fifth hours
I stand her unfit and unshowered
Till we no longer bow to these empowered, deflowered cowards