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[Verse 1]
The second amendment is wrapped in Teflon
Cause now no bill is bulletproof
Nothing but arguments on either side
Nothing has changed except the sobering truth
That even after twenty elementary school school kids
Were murdered by a child not much older than them
People cried out for policy makers to change
But nothing really happened everything stayed the samе

[Chorus]
Now it’s just pain and misplaced blame, bloodstains
Peoplе trying to make names with no shame
Goddammit it’s insane
And it’s happening over and over again…
With an AR-15 or an AK-47
A MAC-10, Tech-9, 357
Could we change at all?
Oh that would never happen
No, never

[Verse 2]
Nobody has the answer, no one knows what to do
I’m so sick of feeling helpless and feeling like a fool
Every time another kid goes and shoots up a school
Well it’s twenty four hours and it’s on to the next news
Desensitized to senseless violence
Nothing but deafening silence coming from both sides of this
With a weapon of war you cannot miss
But it ain’t our kid so we don’t do shit

[Chorus]
And it’s still pain and misplaced blame, and bloodstains
People trying to make names with no shame
Goddammit it’s insane
And it’s happening over and over again…
With an AR-15 or an AK-47
A MAC-10, Tech-9, 357
Could we change a thing?
Oh that would never happen
No, never

[Verse 3]
Gritting my teeth I think,” Have we lost our minds?”
While I’m looking at blurry pictures with these tears in my eyes
And meanwhile some politicians out to make a fortune
Enforcing the agendas of their greatest endorsers
Sure enough they know what they did
When they sold their conscience to the highest bid
Hiding behind the party, pandering
But your thoughts and your prayers don’t do a damn thing

[Chorus]
It’s still pain and misplaced blame, and bloodstains
People trying to make a name
It’s so shameless
Goddammit it’s insane
And it’s happening over and over and over again…
With an AR-15 or an AK-47
A MAC-10, Tech-9, 357
Could we change at all?
Oh that would never happen
No, never
We love our AR-15s and our AK-47s
Our MAC-10s, Tech-9s, and 357s
Could we change a thing?
Oh that would never happen
No, never