We've Done So Well - new song, and a call to action

Hey.

This is all I have to say about the past few weeks.

It's a sloppy, raw song.  But it's the only way I know how to process this, how to pry myself away from cynicism and loss of hope.

I really wish change was a tangible force right now. 

I'm so scared it won't be.

Here's a few groups worth your time and money.  But it's nowhere near enough. Our masters need to join together and hear our cries. Not with speeches.  Not with symbols. But with clear compromise and resolve.

But how?

https://newtown.uwwesternct.org/

http://www.bradycampaign.org/

http://www.demandaplan.org/

LYRICS

weve done so well
developed tools to snuff life
quicker and quicker
weve done so well
offered them up like candy
and when the bodies fall
we lift the microphone high
record their screaming
we wear our somber faces
and throw our speeches in the air
afraid
to choke
the beast
of commerce

chorus

there is no bottom
there is no bottom
there is no bottom
for this wondrous
human
suffering

there is no bottom
there is no bottom
there is no bottom
for this wondrous
human
suffering

second  verse
weve done so well
dont have the tools when we get
sicker and sicker
weve done so well
keeping our problems
in a breath
that were holding
til we vomit
and if you dont
youre crazy
and with a word
remaindered
life sentence given
we act like its contagious
so unaware the virus
breeds inside
our silence
and denial

chorus

bridge
i really think weve done so well
that its high time we took a break
arent you proud that weve done so well
its a dream i hope we never wake
for if we really didnt want this
we would have rose up
stared down our leaders
gave em hell
weve done well

third verse
weve done so well
another week well wash our hands
and ignore it
weve done so well
meanwhile in new mexico
a pilot pushes buttons
burns a village
its such a joy to be alive
to see the corpses moulder
we have no power
our songs ephemeral
our voices withering and small
who will protect us from each other

chorus