Chris Barron - Brittle Action Figures lyrics

[Verse 1: Time] I remember growing up I thought we were rich Cause when i wanted something you would charge it You would write a check I didn't understand yet That you had jobs and we were in debt You were my superheros unstoppable All the problems i had, you solved them all I never really knew that you were really blue I know you both love me and that's still true We make mistakes but that don't mean we're wrong If we don't cry that don't mean we're strong We're just trying to hold it together for each other And now that I'm a man i want to help my mother My father's a worker he wants to protect us But all we can do is just pack up the wreckage Tears aren't weakness, let the river lead us I guess we shouldn't build everything on the beaches [Hook: Time] I'm all grown up but i feel so little All my action figures look so brittle These hands are porcelain these hands are fragile Reality's the tide, we lost our sand castle I say we occupy and foreclose all the banks Then throw all the lawyers in the loan shark tanks Let's take it back to sit downs and boycotts in flint The working cla** is poor that's why I'm anti-establishment You shouldn't have to squat where you're grandpa built Now I'm looking for my history on a carton of milk A general strike on greed is what human nature needs Now the house is full of ghosts and the gardens full of weeds They'd destroy the whole earth for money, even though it's their own home They'd rather have extinction, then miss a payment on your loan Ayn Rand married the monopoly man Now everything's a commodity, they even own the ownership apostrophe This isn't a protest, this is direct action This is how you build a house with a mouth on your own land, no taxes Forgive the past, live in the moment If love's a home then we'll never be homeless [Hook: Time] I'm all grown up but i feel so little All my action figures look so brittle These hands are porcelain these hands are fragile Reality's the tide, we lost our sand castle [Outro: Time] Skyscrapers, banks, cops i feel little History, the future, i got erased in the middle Laws, lies, i'm tired of the riddles Resist, revolt, everything's brittle