Lyrics: Anni IllaNoise
Music: Anni IllaNoise
We were born with headlines in our hands
Fire drills, lockdowns, plastic sand
Taught to recycle and rise up
While you were cashing in on giving up
You told us dreams could change the tide
But built your houses on a rising line
We learned to vote before we could drink
And found out justice cracks and sinks
We’re tired of poems at vigils
And trending hashtags for pain
You passed the mic at the funeral
But left us the hurricane
We don’t know how to save the world
But we’re the ones who stayed
Picking up your promises
That never learned to pray
We plant seeds in soil that’s poisoned
Still hoping something grows
We don’t know how to save the world
But we’re the only ones who know
You sold the forests for a dollar sign
Told us change takes time, but not your time
Built borders out of fear and steel
Then asked us why we don’t feel safe or real
You taught us shame and call it strength
Raised us on fear, then backed away
We carry grief like second skin
But still show up, again, again
We’ve got therapy and side gigs
And a crush on revolution
You gave us rusted blueprints
And called it evolution
We don’t know how to save the world
But we show up anyway
With protest signs and playlists
And rent we can’t quite pay
We laugh in group chats at the end
’Cause what else can we do?
We don’t know how to save the world
But we learned that truth from you
This isn’t what we wanted
We just wanted time
To grow, to breathe, to love, to rest
But we inherited the climb
We don’t know how to save the world
But we carry what you dropped
We’re building from the silence
You always told us to stop
We don’t have all the answers
But we’ve got each other still
We don’t know how to save the world
But we might try and mean it for real