Acting Out the Outrage

Don’t hide your tears, don’t look away

Do you think your shame is not like mine?

There are lots of games we learn to play

I see the truth between the lines

           

A little bit of rain removes the static

Clear our eyes of all the panic

Take a breath from all the manic

A little bit of space from our mistakes

Feel what you are feeling

Read the books they’re burning

In the sun, are the habits that we have to show

Do you think that yours are worse than mine?

In the sun, well maybe we can let it go

We’ll never ever know if we do not try

A little bit of comfort, little bit of fate

Little more hope before it’s too late

Watch the colors bleed together

Love is always better

Feel what you are feeling

Read the books they’re burning, burning in their fear

Starve the fear I’m feeding

Leave the mob they’re leading

A little more peace, a little more love and understanding

Lose your grip on the control you’re demanding

                  

I can hear them talking on the evening news

They’re on the runway, never walking in your shoes

Stealing the center of some other person’s stage and

Acting out the outrage, acting out the outrage

I can hear them talking like they know your life

Acting out the outrage, acting out the outrage

Like they’re the martyr on the other fucking side

Acting out the outrage, acting out the outrage

Starve the fear I’m feeding

Leave the mob they’re leading

A little more peace, a little more love and understanding

Lose your grip on the control you’re demanding

The antihero, the prophet, and the sage, they’re

Acting out the outrage, acting out the outrage

The CEO, the politician on crusade

Acting out the outrage, acting out the outrage

Acting out……….Acting out

Acting out the outrage, acting out the outrage

Starve the fear I’m feeding