We Are The Union - What We Have Here, Is A Failure To Communicate lyrics

California 1978 Two men down letters piercing skin to intimidate Sneaking weapons through the window Ignorance disguised as insult Shovels sh** onto their names The damage isn't fleeting When hate rips into veins These are people you're demeaning No, I won't get over this one Troubled stains won't wash away Take this as appeal to reason When those words fire out of mouths The smell of venom on their breath The bottom of the barrel's been found Bullets fueled by smoking hopelessness Here's a screaming wake-up call In-equal is a concept designed to make the sufferer small Everyone was equal until we hunted human difference Now we're dragging bodies to the landfill Triggers click, shatter monuments in heads A cultural nosedive in intelligence It's in the space between a nation's teeth You don't have to listen carefully It keeps going Overlooked, hidden in undertones Pa**ed on and handed off in simple jokes It keeps growing Don't underestimate the power of the things you say It's been too many years and far too little change