Splintered

How many times can a human divide

Better look in the mirror

And see the splinter inside

Is your two-faced mind giving you a mind hack?

Got your fingers pointing outward always ready for attack

There’s a fracture in the soul, growing old

Division bell tolls

For even those in the know

The mighty ship is sailing but it’s sailing of course

Captain’s lost his way, something else has taken hold

Chorus

Sabotaging the mission

When there’s too much division

The ship slowly sinking

And now we’re splintered

Have we forgotten the fight?

 Setting differences aside

Common ground to unite

But still we splinter

Eye on the trigger and a bullet in the eye

Lines becoming blurred

Going ballistic inside

The captain’s mast is now without a rhyme or cast

The crew abandoned ship; they jumped the ship real fast

Ship is cargo laden, a charily lot

Captain steers unaided

Has he lost the plot?

A deck full of splinters, wreckage on the floor

Ship weathered and battered crashes on the shore

Chorus

Sabotaging the mission

When there’s too much division

The ship slowly sinking

And now we’re splintered

Have we forgotten the fight?

Setting differences aside

Common ground to unite

But still we splinter

Bridge

Can you see the sunken ship in the distance?

And the crew adrift in a sea of turbulence

The captain is screaming “mutiny”

The sailors retort “Stop your tyranny”

“We will rise above this storm unbounded and free.”

“We will rise above, down with tyranny”

When bridges are burned there’s no escape route

Battling with the devil

From the inside out

You cast off your mates like a game, what a shame

Jokers got your tongue and the king you became

As autumn falls and the leaves kiss the sky

The broke and wearied crew

Ask the question “why”

Why the captain got drunk on the powers at sea?

Absolute power corrupts absolutely

Chorus

Sabotaging the mission

When there’s too much division

The ship slowly sinking

And now we’re splintered

Have we forgotten the fight?

Setting differences aside

Common ground to unite

But still we splinter

The End