Eb Taht Srewop Eht Lyrics - Being As An Ocean

There has always been this sneaking suspicion 

There's something critical we've missed 

More connected than ever before 

Yet we are all dying of loneliness 

The trap was set; we've trusted a deception 

As if there weren't fullness of life without incorporation 

Into these churning and violent systems 

(Outrage without information 

Has left our spirits in shambles 

Clanging cymbals, mindless babble) 

We skirt around the issue 

No matter how immensely prevalent 

Everyone's so scared to breathe a word 

No one wants to mention it 

That after all they've sacrificed 

We'd rather trust a fucking screen 

Than sit in tactful humility 

Discourse with a human being 

Instead of think for ourselves 

We'd rather be fed what to believe 

They won't know what's on our hearts 

Until it stops beating in our chest 

Won't wait to see what's on our mind 

Until it exits the back of our heads 

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Those sworn to protect us have become our captors 

One-stop judge, jury, and executioner 

Granted license to take a life without giving chase 

Youth cut down in its prime 

Oh G-d, what a fucking waste 

The next morning, I read the stories of the brutal murder of the two police officers. I also read the witness's statement about the bullets having no effect upon the killer. I felt sorry for the witness. [?] I thought about how easily a person's mind could become confused when suddenly they receive a brutal shot. I didn't believe a man existed who could not be stopped by a slug from a .45 

You took a solemn oath, placed your hand on that Bible 

Pledged your protection and service 

To adorn yourself in courage 

Craven hands, dutifully raised 

To uphold truth and justice 

Would rather bend the knee to fear 

Instead of flex that muscle between their ears 

Coward, pull that trigger with haste 

I'll fire back with my words and a raised fist 

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Those sworn to protect us have become our captors 

Don't make idiots your idols; so many bow down to fools 

Strutting around like crownless kings 

Raving mad aristocrats, crippled by insecurity 

They prey upon the weak, both in will and mind 

Preaching that compliance is peace 

That the walls they'll build will bring sanctuary 

Masses, blinded by fear, clutch and grab for stability 

But one day, we'll look up and see the walls and wire 

Our monoliths of false safety 

And realize that our battlements have only served to shut us in 

Stone only hardens our hearts 

Isolation only constricts our souls 

Hatred dominates when we refuse to see the other as our own 

(We are still here) 

Were we ever truly free?