Well behind
And bled out by the day
Like a faded photograph
Our memories betray
Ratings sweeps and
Powdered cheeks
On the screen are
Talking heads with
Perfect teeth
How they smile and
Pit us against our
Brothers, sisters, mothers, friends
Herald the end
Herald the end
Banking on
The broken ones
Earn salaries
Dispensing hate with
Clever tongues
Lacerate the clueless
And the zero-sum
Across an invented line
Mark this moment in time
Fan the flames
See it light
Up their names
As we fight
Amongst ourselves
Thumb chooses to slice
Away the hand
To make it safe
To make it fucking great again
Let the rains wash it all
In a flash
Let torrents bathe
Some say
If we could be cleansed like that
In such a way
By a broken-in covenant
Lord
May I ask for a
Voice to reach those
Latent and left out
Of the fold
Please stay
Humble all the way
And not grow
Cold
This is what's left
Stripped and bereft
All we once kept
Scattered and forlorn
In this, we let
Ourselves forget
The pact we all set
We cosmonauts on tour
Let the rains wash it all
In a flash
Let torrents bathe
Some say
If we could be cleansed like that
In such a way
By a broken-in covenant