[Verse 1]
What is it with us, what’s broken inside?
We build something good then twist it sideways
A man with a dream and healing hands
Made a gun to end wars faster than they began
Said if battle got too awful maybe men would stop
But the rivers just ran redder when the bullets dropped
[Pre-Chorus]
Every time we reach for heaven
We drag hell along somehow
We light a torch against the darkness
Then burn another village down
[Chorus]
What is it with us?
Why do we poison every well?
Turn every blessing into another version of hell
We split the atom for the future
For the cities and the stars
But before we lit one home
We used it to scar the world apart
Will we ever learn to love more than our greed?
If history’s any judge
Not without something bigger than me
[Verse 2]
Computers came to save us time
Now everybody’s running harder just to survive
Connected every soul on earth
Yet loneliness might be the thing that hurts the worst
Now AI writes songs and helps a child learn
But somewhere a scammer’s stealing what an old man earned
[Pre-Chorus]
Every tool becomes a weapon
In the wrong set of hands
Seems like kindness fights uphill
While evil rides in on demand
[Chorus]
What is it with us?
Why do we poison every well?
Turn every blessing into another version of hell
We cure disease and feed the hungry
Still let children cry alone
We got machines that touch the moon
But can’t take care of our own
Will we ever reach a day
We choose each other over greed?
If history’s any judge
Not without something bigger than me
[Bridge]
Maybe that’s the truth nobody wants to face
We can’t save ourselves by ourselves anyway
Cause the problem ain’t the metal or the wires or the flame
It’s the selfish little kingdom buried in our veins
[Final Chorus]
What is it with us?
Still I believe there’s something more
Why else do we ache for justice we’ve never seen before?
Maybe someday love will matter
More than power, pride, or fame
Maybe hearts can finally change
And we stop passing down the blame
But if we ever build a world
Where mercy’s stronger than our greed
It won’t be because we stumbled there
It’ll be because we learned we need
Something higher than ourselves
To become what we were meant to be
ElCeviche
