When All Else Fails - The Powerless

It didn't start with COVID, it didn't start with Trump
The struggle has been real all along
For those who are broke, for those in the margins
Who is gonna sing their song?
We took it for granted and now it is gone
The good life we still bitch about
But there in the shadows, lost and forgotten
The powerless wonder about, no route
Yeah, the powerless struggle, no doubt

So let us be thankful, let us show love
It's the only true way to combat
Suffering takes such a damaging toll
All of us can attest to that
All of this anger, all of this stress
Still feel like screaming out loud
Let's come together, stronger and better
The powerless make up the crowd
Yeah, the powerless make up the crowd
Yeah

Empower, before devoured
Empower while we still have a choice
Empower, before devoured
Empower yourself with or without help
And fight for your neighbor as well
Yeah, fight for your neighbor as well
Yeah

Well, here we are again taking blessings for granted
Bitching about everything still
Counting all we don't have and nothing we do
Conditioned to hate and to kill
Any and all positivity now
So I scream at the top of my lungs
Three fingers still pointing back at yourself
And the struggle has only just begun
Yeah, the struggle has only just begun
Yeah

Empower, before devoured
Empower, while we still have a shot
Empower, before devoured
Empower yourself with or without help
And fight for your neighbor as well
Yeah, fight for your neighbor as well
Yeah
Fight for your neighbor as well
Huh!

You teach us everything but what it means to survive
You teach of everything but what it means to be alive
You teach us everything except how to care when people die
While we glorify, those who take their own life, why
We're unhappy in this life, so we pray for the next
While some children are starving to death
The whole system could change, but it just stays the same
Screaming but everyone's deaf
Consume it endlessly, all of these lies
Are we more dead than alive
Turn off the TV, turn off the TV
Illusion of choice has us thinking that we're free
Damn
What does it all mean
And why are people, so mother fuckin' mean?
No reason
Said will we take back control
Take back our voice
Take back our power
Will we do it by choice
Lower the blinders, reclaim our world
Turn off distraction, let change unfurl
The real you, is trying to wake up and get out
As our spirits long for justice
And unity
Whose with me

Empower, before devoured
Empower, while we still have a choice
Empower, before devoured
Empower yourself with or without help
And fight for your neighbor as well
Yeah

Written by:
RYAN EVAN WELP, TIM GOLD

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Lyrics © Songtrust Ave

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