Captured

Would you look at those headlines

crying out for attention

Oh yeah everythings a thriller

everyones a killer

when you’re looking in two dimensions

And on paper we’re a failure

but in the flesh we are all kings

I’m ruler of all that lies within

these layers upon layers of skin

And even when my eyes are closed

I am not in darkness ah ah

for the mind is a tardis

And this door opens to a memory

plays it back in slow motion

This one opens to a blank canvas

this one opens out onto the ocean

So put down the camera

no moment will be captured

Not every sentence needs a hammer

not every protest has a banner

 

So don’t give me who you’re trying to be

when I like the one you’re trying to hide

The one that gets me every time I’m

watching out the corner of my eye

And I guess that’s why the stillness

sounds above the words being said

I know the loudest noise I can make in my chest

is no match for the voice in our heads that says

 

How do you live inside a moment when it ceases as soon as it comes? oh ah ah when It’s over before it's begun?

And how come those mountains paths

we swore would never let us pass

are these grains of sand here in our hands?

Looks like nothing here was built to last

 

So put down the camera

no moment will be captured

Not every sentence needs a hammer

not every protest has a banner

 

Has fear of dying become the disease?

Is it still alright just to live and breathe? ‘cause If you believe what you read then every foot step climbs a ladder

every photo needs to flatter

every moment needs to matter

every protest needs a banner

 

Well let's lay out every coin we’ve got

you know every slot is a ballot box ah ah

 

And see Romina Ashrafi is history but

show me where's the dot on the line

when in defense of her dignity

she stood up to her father for the first time?

 

See resistance lurks beneath the surface

and it barely gets a mention

but when it catches it burns like a furnace

so you wanna be paying attention

 

Put down the camera

no moment will be captured

not every sentence needs a

hammer not every protest has a

banner

not every footstep climbs a

ladder not every protest has a

banner