Basements

Don't let it out

If you hold it in only truth will come from your mouth

And I wear these scars

Like badges, like ribbons, like, "Hey this is who we are"

The tide told me if you cross this bridge it will lead you to the sea

But all that's left is land

It's hard to believe but these books say we are sinking

And in the basements we saw

That God didn't care

They let our friends be pushed so deep beyond any repair

And if it's a heavy hope, you better hold it close

And don't ever let it go

So now take all you know

And show it to the kids who need it the most

With 40 percent oppressed and taking lives that were never spent

And in the basements we saw

That God didn't care

They put our friends down in a world far from fair

And if it's a heavy hope, you better hold it close

And don't ever let it go

All the maps ever drawn are slipping through the lines like decaying songs

Everything always changes

The tide

These scars

These suicides

The lack of rights and the basement nights

'Cause in the basements we saw that God didn't care

They let our friends be pushed so deep beyond any repair

And if it's a heavy hope, you better hold it close

Until the day you let it all go

And so now, let it out

'Cause if you hold it in only lies will come from your mouth