I Can See the End

This is not a slogan or a chant. It is not patriotic, triumphant, nor ironic. It isn’t mean to be accusatory, angry, or partisan but it is meant to be truthful. Where it’s heavy, it isn’t intended to be hopeless. This is a statement of grief, not one of surrender. We are living in a country where misinformation is rampant, critical thinking is unevenly distributed, empathy is losing ground against outrage, people are misled, education is unevenly distributed, people are ignorant (often by choice) and the cogs of injustice, wealthy privilege, and misplaced patriotism are crushing us, ready to devour what’s left.

Verse
I’ve been living in a world
Of safety, warmth, and light
I still see ravaged landscapes
Injustice not set right
I see the darkest trenches
The places where we hide
From the beast that we’ve created
And the blame that we’ve denied

Chorus 
America the dream was never truly gained
The loses that we’ve suffered, may never be regained
I hope I’m wrong about this, that we’re on the mend
But when I look around me
I can see the end
I can see the end
I can see the end

Verse
The worst of us are zealots
For violence in the streets
The best of us are shattered
By doubt and disbeliefs
The least of us are wealthy
Vast riches that they hoard
The rest of us feel hopeless
As our voices are ignored

Chorus 
America the dream was never truly gained
The loses that we’ve suffered, may never be regained
I hope I’m wrong about this, that we’re on the mend
But when I look around me
I can see the end
I can see the end
I can see the end

Post-Chorus
There is no God to save us
No heaven for us to return
This hell is ours, now own it
Or rise, and stop the burn

Bridge
Is that a mushroom cloud I see
Or sun breaking through the dawn?
Is our doom on the horizon
The monster we have spawned?
Will we survive until tomorrow?
The one we thought we knew
Or are we destined for a future
Where our nightmares have come true?

Outro
There is no God to save us
And so we must begin
To fight the flames around us
And the beast than lurks within