E, C, A

Somewhere an old priest is touching a young boy
Just hours after a sermon on adultery
Somewhere a small child is stranded in rubble
Wondering if her parents are okay
Somewhere a police officer is yelling stop resisting
At a civilian who's facing the bloody end of their nightstick
Somewhere an abortion clinic is being bombed and terrorized
By people who exclaim pro-life

But that somewhere isn't here

Cognitive dissonance is a new dirty word
When implications are ignored and dismissed as absurd
If it's happening there, why can't it be here
You're holding close lies of what you hold dear

You're closing your eyes to the easy disguise of a system so broken it leaves you to die
When you find out the play goes only one way what the fuck will you do with the rest of your days

Will you sit there and deny your fate

Somewhere a couple is being beaten to death
Cuz their gender identity just happens to match
somewhere a child doesn't think their life matters
Cuz a cop killed their father at a rally that said it does
Somewhere a woman was told that she wanted it
Cuz apparently clothes are louder than her screams
Somewhere a teenager just pulled the trigger
Because her family can't accept she's not a man anymore

And that somewhere is always here
That somewhere is in your house
That somewhere is in your neighborhood
That somewhere is in your life