Oxygen

(album: Home Protests - 2020)

I wanna be better than oxygen
So you can breathe when you're drowning and weak
At the knees, I wanna speak louder than Ritalin
For all the children who think that they've got a disease
I wanna be cooler than TV
For all the kids that are wondering what they're going to be
We can be stronger than bombs
If you're singing along and you know that you really believe
We can be richer than industry
Long as we know that there's things that we don't really need
We can speak louder than ignorance
'Cause we speak in silence every time our eyes meet

On and on and on it goes
The world, it just keeps spinning
Until I'm dizzy, time to breathe
So close my eyes and start again anew

I look for heroes in my search for identity
But none of them seem to be quite what they want me to think
They're put together like parts in a factory
That builds personalities to sell them on TV
I go and meditate for days in my closet
To shut out these prophets who show me the ways I should be
Do you remember the forgotten America?
Justice, equality, freedom to every race?
Just need to get past all the lies and hypocrisy
Makeup and hair to the truth behind every face
Look around to all the people you see
How many of them are happy and free?
I know it sounds like a dream
But it's the only thing that can get me to sleep at night
I know it's hard to believe
But it's easy to see that something here isn't right
I know the future looks dark
But it's there that the kids of today must carry the light

On and on and on it goes
The world, it just keeps spinning
Until I'm dizzy, time to breathe
So close my eyes and start again anew

If I'm afraid to catch a dream
I'll weave you baskets
And I'll float them down the river stream
Each one I weave with words I speak
To carry love to your relief

On and on and on it goes
The world, it just keeps spinning
Until I'm dizzy, time to breathe
So close my eyes and start again anew