People - David Bazan

When i was young

I saw people helping people

All the time

Because you were

People-helping-people

In your prime

I thought people-loving-people

Were the norm

Because you were people

Loving people

Before the long dark storm

But now you’re selfish and mean

Your eyes glued to a screen

And what titillates you

Is depraved and obscene

And i know that it’s dangerous to judge

But man you’ve gotta find the truth

And when you find that truth don’t budge

Until the truth you found begins to change

And it does i know, i know

When you love the truth enough

You start to tell it all the time

When it gets you into trouble

You discover you don’t mind

Cause if good is finally gonna trump

Than man you’ve gotta take stock

And you’ve gotta take your lumps

Or else they trickle down

Into someone else’s cup below

You know

I wanna know who are these people

Blaming their sins on the fall

Who are these people

If i’m honest with myself at all

These are my people

Man what else can i say

You are my people

And we’re the same in so many ways

Then your eyes turned green

And you broke the machine

That when handed to you

Was still kind of functioning

And i know that it’s dangerous to judge

But man you’ve gotta find the truth

And when you find that truth don’t budge

Until the truth you found begins to change

And it does i know, i know

When you love the truth enough

You start to tell it all the time

When it gets you into trouble

You discover you don’t mind

Cause if good is finally gonna trump

Than man you’ve gotta take stock

And you’ve gotta take your lumps

Or else they trickle down

Into someone else’s cup below

You know