Am I the only one?
Let’s not make an excuse
It’s the most common form of abuse
The cruel are crude with the courteous
But the courteous are kind to the cruel
We want what we don’t have
but don’t want what we do have
We don’t push the button we’re supposed to push
But push the button that says ‘don’t push’
Whoever stopped to think that we bully the bullied
Because the bullies are bullied
We are the ones who lied
When we said the grass is always greener on the other side
Ones man trash is another man’s treasure
But one man’s treasure is another man’s trash
The lovers are hated
but the haters are loved
Don’t get me wrong
I’m the writer of every love song
I am a train on railroad tracks
But It’s time we face the facts.
We have no control over where we go
Or whether or not we move fast or slow
If we’re all headed in the same direction
Why do we hide our affection?
If we’re all looking for the same thing
Why are we paralyzed when it’s there for the taking?
If people think love is a form of freedom
Then why is someone always left bleedin’?
If love is what we’re longing for
Why is it the one thing we always ignore?
Why do we pretend not to care
When this feeling is something we all share?
Why am I looked at as if I’m from another planet,
Just because I don’t take love for granite?
Why are we ashamed of the right
And brag about the wrong
Let’s not take advantage of the daughter without a dad
Spending her life trying to make up for what she never had.
Let’s not take the prostitute to bed
But put a roof over her head.
Befriend the kid who always sits alone
Because his dad just left his mom on her own.
We could do what we should
If we would do what we could
If you walk around with a mirror
this’ll all become much clearer
Do unto others as you would have done unto you
Because what others do to you, you will do too
Society is us and, you are society
So changing ourselves is the first priority
We begin at the end
And end at the beginning
Let’s not make an excuse,
It’s the most common form of abuse.
-Daniel Gehm
Let’s not make an excuse
It’s the most common form of abuse
The cruel are crude with the courteous
But the courteous are kind to the cruel
We want what we don’t have
but don’t want what we do have
We don’t push the button we’re supposed to push
But push the button that says ‘don’t push’
Whoever stopped to think that we bully the bullied
Because the bullies are bullied
We are the ones who lied
When we said the grass is always greener on the other side
Ones man trash is another man’s treasure
But one man’s treasure is another man’s trash
The lovers are hated
but the haters are loved
Don’t get me wrong
I’m the writer of every love song
I am a train on railroad tracks
But It’s time we face the facts.
We have no control over where we go
Or whether or not we move fast or slow
If we’re all headed in the same direction
Why do we hide our affection?
If we’re all looking for the same thing
Why are we paralyzed when it’s there for the taking?
If people think love is a form of freedom
Then why is someone always left bleedin’?
If love is what we’re longing for
Why is it the one thing we always ignore?
Why do we pretend not to care
When this feeling is something we all share?
Why am I looked at as if I’m from another planet,
Just because I don’t take love for granite?
Why are we ashamed of the right
And brag about the wrong
Let’s not take advantage of the daughter without a dad
Spending her life trying to make up for what she never had.
Let’s not take the prostitute to bed
But put a roof over her head.
Befriend the kid who always sits alone
Because his dad just left his mom on her own.
We could do what we should
If we would do what we could
If you walk around with a mirror
this’ll all become much clearer
Do unto others as you would have done unto you
Because what others do to you, you will do too
Society is us and, you are society
So changing ourselves is the first priority
We begin at the end
And end at the beginning
Let’s not make an excuse,
It’s the most common form of abuse.
-Daniel Gehm
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