I wonder if this time will ever end
And a time of fearless kindness ever reign
The things we do when our security is threatened
The things we do when we let fear have its way
 
I want to cry for a hero
Somebody strong enough to fight the monsters we create
Someone untainted by the greed that rules us all
Someone to put our petty fights to shame
 
Left alone we’re like a third grade classroom
The chaos erupts and the bullies find their way to the top
Our eyes are blinded to the systems we create
To keep the different ones from us to keep them stuck
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We might be so far gone Batman couldn’t help us
Superman we lost about twenty years ago
I’ve lost my faith in humanity
To change the bloody way it rules the world
I’ll try to stand in the middle of
The wrongs that suffocate so many beautiful dark souls
But I’m just a little girl with a pen
I am no hero 

​Tell me who you are
In your dark and shadowed eyes
Your drawn to the light like a moth might
And yet how much you hide
Tell me who you are
In your world of hidden truth
I know you hear every word I speak
But I hardly know you
 
You are a beautiful soul with the strength of a waterfall
A rugged shell inside holding a pearl
You are a mighty man with desires so unknown to us
And somehow I think you’ll change the world
Beautiful soul
Beautiful friend to me
 
How much do you fight?
In your world of unknown battles
Have you yet found peace
In your searching at all?
I see you when I close my eyes
And you seem so sad to me
But I know you’ll keep the fight
And I’ll watch you one day free
Chorus

​Stories
These, these are the days when everyone must choose a side
Politics, religion everything is polarized
These are the days of the us and them, of the me and it
But these aren’t the days for stories
 
Close your eyes, bite your tongue
Imagine what it’s like to be
Someone oh so different from yourself
And listen
Listen to their stories
Because no one can speak until they listen
You don’t know how to speak until you listen
 
Some stories I’ve heard they sear my heart, they burn my ears
Takes all my moral strength to not cover them so I can’t hear
Some stories I’ve heard have made me question all that I believe
This is the power of stories
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Listening has got to be the hardest human action
We all have our own life stories
But if we knew the side of every happening
How would we live our lives differently?
If we all stopped trying oh so hard to yell atop the crowd
I wonder what whispers we would hear…
That make us all want to stop up our ears…
And change a world built from greed and fear
And change our tunes to the sound
Of the stories

​Since the day you told me why,
The tears spill out of your eyes
Since the day you showed me what resilience was
Since the day you explained to me what it is to live in a place
Where being a woman, of that color
Can put scars on your face?
 
I’ve been lying awake at night
Trying to figure out how to make the world a better place for you
Oh and I, have been crying alone, I’ve been crying
Cuz I’m lost in the pain of what the world has done to you
And I’m angry, can’t control this ache inside
And I’m ready, swear I’m ready to fight
 
Don’t know why they look at you
And think it’s okay to judge
Don’t they know your smile’s been purified to be pure gold?
And if anyone says anything different of that you don’t deserve everything on earth
I will fight them to the last
Don’t let them get to your pure soul
 
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Fight the words they say of you
And all those in your family
Fight the attitudes surrounding you
Saying you’re worth less than me
It’s a skin tone, not a soul
Just a skin tone not a soul
A skin tone not a
Soul
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How can I fight?

 I’m gonna be, really honest here
It’s gonna be, a little awkward
But it needs to be said, and I swear I’m not attacking you
With my words
I promise you, I’m not crazy
Not delusional or sick no more unstable than you are
That’s what I tell myself anyways
You see I am afraid
 
To accept a ride from a friend of a friend
To walk outside at night in the city
To meet eyes with someone who stares at me the bus
Cuz when I go get off they just might follow me
To accept a compliment from a stranger
To wear something feminine that shows me off a little bit
Cuz I gotta be ready to fight for myself and my girlfriends
But I want to put these fears to an end
 
You might say that it’s better now
That it’s socially unacceptable
But most girls I know, have been at least harassed, been taught to feel
They don’t own their bodies
This might feel, a little dark to hear
Maybe I just live inside a darker corner than the rest
That’s what I tell myself anyways
To ignore that I’m afraid

Chorus

I want to close my eyes and wake up fearless
Because I don’t believe society can change
We’re all told to do what we can with what we have
These days
But it makes me kind of angry that I think like this
I swear I’m not crazy I kinda have to think this way
Can you help us change the world
So that all girls
Don’t have to be afraid

Chorus
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Can you help us change the world, so that all girls, don’t have to be afraid
Of being harassed, abused, or killed, or raped

When you’re loud you want attention
When you’re strong you want a fight
When you’re bright you want some water
To dim down your light
That’s what they think
That’s what they say when they see me
That’s what they do
Because I’m a freak
 
I’m a world changer, a powerful force
I’m not afraid to stand for love
When you bully me glare me down
You’re gonna hurt me, but its not enough
To make me stop
 
You have it coming
They tell me plain
Don’t you expect it
Why do you complain
That’s what they say when they break me
Because I’m a weirdo because I’m a freak

Chorus

Those dearest to me, think I wanna get hurt
I’m a freak not invincible
I’m here to make a difference to bring love to this place
And maybe raise a little hell
But I still burn alone, I still ache inside
Don’t wanna be an outcast
I’m a human too, not some animal from the jungle
But I promise you I will last
No matter what I wont give up my ground
I will still last