I Don't Want Solidarity If It Means Holding Hands With You Lyrics

Let's stop this talk of privilege because the songs that we sing
are as much a product of our privileges
as the clothes on my back or the phone call I made to my mom last night
Let's stop this talk of action because action comes easy
it's the moments just before that are hard
when I've got to get my voice and my fist on the same page as my heart
as my heart

And let's stop this talk of them because the things we find deplorable in politicians, CEOs and cops
are the same things that will tear ourselves apart
and let's stop this talk of words because words like dishonesty selfishness and laziness and greed
aren't as distance to us as we'd like to believe
to believe.

So please, the next time you're smashing the state, don't go breaking my heart
but I know that when you pick up the pieces,
the only thing left will be the same empty rubble
that's made up every revolution that I've ever known
to make me believe and lose faith in humanity
in the same empty breath of hot air

And they say that the beauty's in the streets
but when I look around, it seems more like defeat
And I'm afraid that this fight that we're all caught up in
will leave us the same as that which we oppose

So please, the next time you're smashing the state, don't go breaking my heart
But I know that we can pick up the pieces and build something new, something different
that's not like every revolution that I've ever known
that can make me believe and have faith in humanity
and we'll all breath a breath of fresh air

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