Dr. Awkward - Alchemy lyrics

[verse 1] If simply I could say and then see it done I probably would have spoke it when I just begun If life is just as awful as they say it is How come everyone bargains when their time has come? Every day I see it more and more Children wondering ‘what is their existence for?' Innocence to animosity, intensified by poverty They're caught up in their father's wars Evil's something taught, it's not innate They plant the seeds in youth and then the children grow to hate k** others for some words some ancients scribbled on a slate And orphans of the war will never make it to see eight And as we're taught to look the other way The children die by bullets that some other child made And that's just another day We're more concerned with something that some scarlet had to say We trade comfort for the truth Because it's just too damn unpleasant to investigate the root Divided by imaginary lines We k** the other side as if somehow they're malign We overlook the people in our streets And look down on the ones who ask for help when they're in need A homeless family dies and nobody even blinks God-forbid you change the volume of our weapon's magazines Me, I'm not a soldier for what it's worth My only worth is the order which I choose my words Value the living over d**h I'll speak for peace until they take my breath [Chorus] I just want to save a life Just the way I was saved I have finally found my light and this will be my alchemy [verse 2] A father hits a mother while the children watch As he stumbles into the house after seven shots Another bruise, that's another lesson taught All the while the children desperate to see the violence stop Now their son grows up confused exactly what a woman's worth The one you choose to love is the one you love to hurt The older daughter grows and knows to never trust a man While the younger one never understands Fifteen and all alone, the siblings left the home It's getting hard to cope, she thinks of letting go Starts drinking like her father, hoping to escape Has too many at a party, a victim of a rape And when she finally finds the courage to stand up to what's wrong They have the nerve to scrutinize the clothes that she puts on I will stand up to those who don't respect a woman's choice Keeping on speaking for those who don't have a voice [Chorus] I just want to save a life Just the way I was saved I have finally found my light and this will be my alchemy [verse 3] Why can't we all evolve and be something more And leave the world better than it was before It's been two thousand years, we're not so simple minded Pursuits are different, more concerned with what lies behind it Love everyone, love love itself Learn to value human life over human wealth You can't fight for peace It just compels the problem Only accepting this will any of us start to solve them We are one people, under one sky With one destiny confined to such a short time This is a renaissance, it's not a revolution Let our generation catalyze an evolution I am no crusader, let me make it clear And my words will likely fall upon a deafened ear But I'll keep speaking up for what I feel is right In the hope someday that I can save a life [Chorus] I just want to save a life Just the way I was saved I have finally found my light and this will be my alchemy [epilogue] I just want to save a live Just the way I found myself saved And truth be told, I've found my light Let this be my alchemy