Colorless Sneer

Backing:「金色の嘲笑」(“Golden Sneer”) from the sound novel Umineko: When They Cry. Lyrics and vocals by me; additional background vocals from Alex L and Wilson L. Drums provided by GarageBand. * * * Now let me lay this out for you crystal clear Cause not everybody understands what’s going on here We’ve got people tied up with imaginary fear and that’s what’s Causing real pain, real blood, real tears, now Let me start with a familiar story Got a dominant group, a much smaller minority And the former’s begun proscribing life for the latter Sending signals aplenty that their existence doesn’t matter There are some who believe, but the leaders in the state Are most often those looking for a target to hate They’re the ones on the side wearing colorless sneers Arms crossed, leaning back as they listen to the cheers, going (ba ba ba…) Can you hear it can you hear it (ba ba ba…) As it happens again now (ba ba ba…) Can you see it can you see it (ba ba ba…) So you say you’re telling me it’s not normal You wanna be biologically formal Well please update your state of knowledge that relates from grade school level ’fore you deign to condescend to us mortals The real truth is they’ve been here forever They threw the first brick and stood together And like anyone else, they’re snarky, funny, goofy, clever Passioned, talented folks full of insight, and I don’t ever Want to stand and watch anything bad happen to these people Who are people like all of my other friends To single them out like this is to do them a disservice These rights are human rights and right now should be the end of it. But what gets me is the group that could be helping, could be there, But instead say “that’s a shame” and just go on without a care Standing off to the side wearing colorless sneers With their eyes squeezed tight and their fingers in their ears, singing (ba ba ba…) And it all goes down like (ba ba ba…) With a bang or a whimper? (ba ba ba…) It’ll all be fine, right? (ba ba ba…) Is this coming in harsh? Is it chilling or freeing? Your guilt’s not what I’m after but incentive to seeing That there’s something you can and should be doing, we’re agreeing Though our lives may be digital we’re not binary beings And it should matter to you all as our own friends and relations Pin their hopes on the administration’s new injunction against this legislation How long before registration’s a sin we should have left In the twentieth century nations With the suicide hotline up 100% There’s no time to be wasting on this kind of dissent This is one in every two hundred people we’re talking about And their lives shouldn’t be political currency to be spent These are people, real people, and you know them already You’ve just never thought about it cause your world isn’t ready But that leads to real homeless, unemployment, depression It’s unacceptable if that all just continues on steady So tell me what someone like me can do with this feeling As eyes open wider getting bloodshot and bleeding Once you know what’s going on there’s no un-seeing, retreating, being Horrified is hard can I go back to believing And so you see me getting mad from time to time Posting pleading imprecations over obvious crimes But I can’t keep it up, is it cause it isn’t mine? Watch me throw some helping money and just step into line, singing (ba ba ba…) We like marionettes, y’all (ba ba ba…) And it all goes down now (ba ba ba…) Do you feel those regrets, y’all? (ba ba ba…)