Divided We Fall

They want us suspicious,

staring across the fence

They want us split enough to stop making sense

Every fight on your feed gets fed for a reason Anger travels

fast in any given season While we trade our names for a

side and a color

The people at the top get quieter than ever If we hate

each other, we stop looking up We stop asking who profits when

the water turns rough I know I said it plain,

but I mean it again

They sell us the fire,

then call it a trend So breathe before the screen decides your

heart

Step back far enough to see the moving parts There is more

that binds us than tears us apart

We don't have to break the way they want We don't have

to turn our homes into a front Look past the noise,

look past the blame The truth is bigger than a party name

Hold on to what can bring us through Real questions still belong

to me and you

Two next-door people on opposite pages Arguing through headlines and talking in

cages

One keeps it strict and the other runs tender They disagree hard

from summer to December

But both want the facts when the story gets strange Both want

clear answers when the world's rearranged

About what they were told and what got concealed About who shaped

the fear and what was made real Operations move through every hour

Everyone leans on the edge of your attention But if you can

name it, you can break its power

Turn down the bait and return to intention We don't have to

break the way they want We don't have to turn our homes

into a front Look past the noise,

look past the blame The truth is bigger than a party name

Hold on to what can bring us through Real questions still belong

to me and you

Remember what unites us when the heat gets loud

Ask the real questions,

and say them proud