Woke to another good nightmare
a normal American day
Newspapers filled with the names of those killed
blood money liberty paid

in the Harbor a lady stands weeping
her fire eternally burns
will she stop crying if we stop denying
a lesson that should have been learned?

And I say:
What's the world come to today?
Repeating every mistake -
We've come so far - so far away.
And I say:
I don't believe it's too late
To fix everything that we break
We've come so far - so far away

I'm sick of these rules, roles, and meaning
that close the American mind
After I spent my life searching
for what wasn't easy to find

But when you unravel one loose end
You're bound to tear out every thread
And all I see is greed
and so many in need
and children keep winding up dead

And I say:
What's the world come to today?
Repeating every mistake -
We've come so far - so far away.
And I say:
I don't believe it's too late
To fix everything that we break
We've come so far - so far away

And I say:
What's the world come to today?
Repeating every mistake -
We've come so far - so far away.
And I say:
I don't believe it's too late
To fix everything that we break
We've come so far - so far away
We've come so far - so far away
We've come so far - so far away
So far away.
So far away.
So far away.