A Beginning, A Middle

We don't breathe the air in 'Cause we can't trust our neighbors We divide without caring Now it's just in our nature And we don't understand it So we read it in paper They say hate is the answer And violence, our savior Compound our behavior Days begin and end Borders to defend Tally up the dead Wave the flag and start again Torture for the truth Hide it in the news Actions are excused With promises of greater good They say it's all been decided By some heavenly order And your god is divinest So you kill in his honor His word is the law now Oh, days begin and end Borders to defend Tally up the dead Wave the flag and start again Torture for the truth Hide it in the news Actions are excused With promises of greater good And I will watch the second hand And ponder everything we have Why must we watch, or count the sand And we can't be late if there's no plan And I know this ticking has to stop I think about the end a lot But we are here despite the odds This fleeting moment's all we've got All we've got All we've got All we've got All we've got All we've got All we've got All we've got I know this ticking has to stop I think about the end a lot But we are here despite the odds This fleeting moment's all we've got