Living in fear as American culture imitates what it sees
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Shooting sprees are on the rise, proof courtesy of the television screens
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Will you lock yourself in your home and just hide,
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Or go out and play God with a gun at your side?
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Becoming a target or arming yourself
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You're a victim of fear either way
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Living in paranoia on the defense
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Or taking the chance of being gunned down one day
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So who's pulling the trigger, who's calling the shots?
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Who is it that's controlling our fate?
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We're all responsible for the environment we've created
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Where none of us will ever be safe
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Here comes the headlines and here comes the tears
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The media feeding us our greatest fears
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We see the horrifying images again and again
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Children are being murdered by children
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We just accept this as tragedies of life
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What does this say about us?
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When will we seek out some genuine solutions?
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And show that we've all had enough?
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Becoming a target or arming yourself
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You're a victim of fear either way
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Living in paranoia on the defense
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Or taking the chance of being gunned down one day
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So who's pulling the trigger, who's calling the shots?
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Who is it that's controlling our fate?
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We're all responsible for the environment we've created
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Where none of us will ever be safe
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As political experts discuss and debate
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Who it is that's responsible for al of this hate
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They're building their political platforms on a pile of corpses
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Pointing their fingers and quoting us sources
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Scapegoating is too easy for society's decay
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Entertainment, music, drugs or the N.R.A.
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What will it accomplish to pass stricter laws
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When it's actually our apathy that's a much greater cause?
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As long as we leave our apathy alive
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We're killing our children's chances to survive
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Our idealistic intentions are wrapped in a shroud
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The responsibility rests with what we've allowed
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A society that taught us to kill or be killed
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Convinced that this is the only way to be fulfilled
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I just hope that we realize before it's too late
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That we ultimately control our community's fate
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Becoming a target or arming yourself
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You're a victim of fear either way
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Living in paranoia on the defense
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Or taking the chance of being gunned down one day
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So who's pulling the trigger, who's calling the shots?
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Who is it that's controlling our fate?
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We're all responsible for the environment we've created
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Where none of us will ever be safe
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Who's Calling The Shots?
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Aus-Rotten |