Human Grain Part I An Absence Of Empathy

[Human Grain I - An Absence of Empathy]

Flashing news, flashing lights

TV says we're alright

Transmitting pain by satellite

I think there's some of that inside

All of us a little bit

Fight the evil deep within

Is some of what I fear in me

Close my mind, fall asleep

Play my games to fill the need

Quench that thirst, make 'em bleed

All pretend, just

Killing fingers get my fix

Spread your mind wide open

Let your conscience be free

What you will not show them

You must show to me

Let me look through your eyes

Let me see what you see

Let me see who I am

Every day the same ol' shit

Doesn't bother you a bit

Stories of another day

Pull me in between the grey

Flip the pages black and white

Reading headings line by line

See the print crawl up on me

"Just one more proves too many"

You're afraid to show me

What evil might be

But I'm gonna find out

Absence of empathy

Flashing news, flashing lights

Blinding pain in my eyes

TV says we're alright

Does it take a tie to tie

Wanna know more what they ignore

If you do you must explore

So here I am kick down the door

I'm tapping louder than before

Once I get inside

The grain of my own kind