Various Artists - Seriously? lyrics

Let's start with hope I threw it in the middle like a skipping stone The ripples won, son of a gun Some would not have thought so But I stand here Commander in Chief And I take that seriously But along the way A rogue ripple turned tidal wave In reaction to what I tried to do A rebirth of a nation's hatred Red, white, and blue Is black in there too? Seriously? One man Rewriting the book on bad behavior Maybe cheats the neighbors Feels he gets what they pay for We can't Pat him on the back and send him on through No man's ignorance will ever be his virtue Is this the best we can be? Seriously? Let's talk of fear And why I don't bring it in here It's a dangerous word, it spooks the herd And we all bleed in the stampede Fear makes a false friend indeed And I take it seriously So hear me now Before the truth gets drowned out By a demagogue flexing A demagogue flexing He's history repeating Angry? Am I angry? You ask am I angry? And I'm at a loss for words After all we've done Every battle hard won Every hair gone gray In the name of this place In a history plagued With incredible mistakes Still I pledge my allegiance to these United divided States Seriously Let's end with "why"? It's a question I Want to ask of us as a populace Why not take our time or the weight of this story Seriously