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