War A war A war On the far side On the other side of the planet And I've got War A war A war Right behind my eyes Right behind em just like a headache
So I turn on The news Turn off The news
Every second our collective heart breaks All together every single head shakes Shut your eyes but it won’t go away Turn on Turn off The news
Far I’m far So far From a front line Quite the opposite I’m safe inside But I worry and I give money and I feel useless behind this computer and that’s just barely scratched the surface of my mind
So I turn on the news Turn off the news (damned if you don't) Turn on the news (damned if you do) Turn off the news
Every second our collective heart breaks All together every single head shakes Shut your eyes but it won’t go away Turn on Turn off The news
Exploitative Performative Informative We don’t know the half of it Rhetorical Deplorable Historical And all along we called it normal
All along we call it normal
Every second our collective heart breaks All together every single head shakes Don't get comfortable, don't look away Turn on Turn off Nothing new