Divide and conquer, the rich want to get richer
they don’t care who dies, or how many, or where, it doesn’t matter     
But I won’t deny, fall for their lies, or sit here and become desensitized! 

It’s somebody’s sister, somebody’s cousin, somebody’s brother
It’s somebody’s father, somebody’s uncle, somebody’s mother
 
This is a new normal
But this is not normal!
This is a new normal
But this is not normal!

They think they’re immune to the violence as they sit in their private jets
They don’t care when mass murder’s a hobby, a terrorist sport, a way to get famous
But we won’t deny, fall for their lies, or sit here and become desensitized! 
 
It’s somebody’s sister, somebody’s cousin, somebody’s brother
It’s somebody’s father, somebody’s uncle, somebody’s mother
 
This is a new normal
But this is not normal!
This is a new normal
But this is not normal!
 
Pay off and bribe, the spineless politicians
They don’t care if it’s at a mall, or a movie, a church, subway or supermarket
But we won’t deny, fall for their lies, or sit here and become desensitized! 
 
It’s somebody’s teacher, somebody’s son, somebody’s lover
It’s somebody’s neighbor, somebody’s baby, or even exotic other 
 
This is a new normal
But this is not normal!
This is a new normal
But this is not normal!
 
The weapons of choice for suicidal terrorists, racists, domestic abusers,
homophobes and accident-prone toddlers.
 
Sometimes a car will do instead to kill the champions of the disenfranchised;
Heather Heyer & Deona M. Knajdek.
 
But where do you draw the line, when the government will always have more
firepower then you? Keep nukes under your bed?
 
More civilians with guns, more militarized, trigger-happy police
until things escalate and we’re all packing heat!
 
An armed guard didn’t help at Parkland, didn’t help in Columbine,
Santa Fe, Marshall County and definitely not Uvalde! 

Suicidal, homicidal, racist, homophobic, angry or insane,
the why no longer matters.
 
Nothing matters anymore when we’re all living in a war zone;
chaos funded by an unregulated militia.
 
But times are changing, the young survivors are marching on
while the old guard is dying off.
 
Most of us want common sense, our votes will hold those accountable
for their actions. Gerrymandering can’t suppress us all!
 
All we have are our voices, our bodies, our humanity,
our strength in numbers.
 
We can rise above the fear, we can rise above the paranoia
to win a better world state by state, because…
 
This is a new normal
But this is not normal!
This is a new normal
But this is not normal!

This is a new normal
But this is not normal!
This is a new normal
But this is not normal!