Lyrics: Benita Anthony/Bradley Dylan Nienke
Music: Bradley Dylan Nienke
The news keeps talkin’ louder than the truth
Screens glow red in every room
Bills stack up, time runs thin
Feels like we’re losin’ before we begin
Used to dream with open eyes
Now hope feels like a thin disguise
I try to stand up, try to stay strong
But some nights it all feels wrong
Life is tough and the world’s worn down
Every road feels cracked somehow
Feels like we’re runnin’ just to stay alive
And it’s harder than it was last time
I look ahead and I can’t ignore
What kind of future we’re buildin’ for
Yeah, I carry this weight in my chest
Fear for a kid growin’ up in this mess
We argue lines that don’t really matter
While the rich get rich and the poor get battered
Kindness feels like it’s out of style
Patience lost mile by mile
I remember when faith felt real
Now it’s just somethin’ we hope we feel
I try to teach right from wrong
But the ground keeps shiftin’ on
Life is tough and the world’s worn down
Every road feels cracked somehow
Feels like we’re runnin’ just to stay alive
And it’s harder than it was last time
I look ahead and I can’t ignore
What kind of future we’re buildin’ for
Yeah, I carry this weight in my chest
Fear for a kid growin’ up in this mess
Still I hold on to small brave things
A bedtime prayer, a laugh, a dream
If they learn love, if they stand tall
Maybe that’s how we fight it all
Life is tough, yeah I won’t pretend
But I’ll show ’em how to bend, not bend in
If the world keeps closin’ its fist
I’ll teach ’em how to resist
I don’t know how it all turns out
But I know what I’m fightin’ about
Even scared, even stressed
I’ll give ’em hope in this mess
Yeah the world’s messed up, that much is true
But maybe change starts with what we do