Dare

I dare you

To love me

Just the way I am

And I surrender to the charge that we were always guilty

Guilty of our innocence

But never the same since our self-interest

Turned us against our neighbors

For no greater reason than our ignorance

Manipulated by the power hungry hoarders of exploitation

The machine of fear

The disparities between the careless and those who care

You dip your hands in this rich earth and

Pay your tithes to the industry

Pay your tithes to the industry

You pay your tithes to the industry

And we adhere to your ministry

Yet by a different name

We are the corporal matter and fact of our existence

It is plain to see we determine the course of this industry

Habits are choices made repeatedly

I dare you

I dare you to see it differently

I dare you

I dare you

To love me

Just the way I am

And I surrender to the fact that we were always guilty

Guilty of our innocence

And never the same since our self-interest

Turned us against our neighbors

For no greater reason