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 or the phone call
i made to my mom last night.

and let's stop this talk of action
because action comes easy
it's the moments just before that are hard,
when i've gotta get my voice and my fist
on the same page as my heart.

and 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 lazyness and greed
aren't as distance to us
as we'd like to believe.

so please, the next time
you're smashing the state,
don't go breaking my heart.
but 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.
and 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.

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