[Verse 1]
This isn’t the world I remember
Cracked glass where the swing set stood
Blood-red headlines at breakfast
Same screens
Same sickness
Same neighborhood
Kids learn the names of the killers
Before they learn neighbors next door
Every joke has a target
Every prayer hits the floor
[Chorus]
This world is poison
Dripping from the tongue
From the gun
From the screen (hey!)
We drink it
Breathe it
Call it “just the way it is
” like we don’t bleed
This world is poison
But it didn’t start that way when we were young
Tell me
Is there any cure left
Or are we already gone?
[Verse 2]
I grew up on scraped knees and summers
Now it’s lockdown drills at nine
Mothers tracing names on a T-shirt
Hollow eyes caught in the checkout line
Hate shines louder than kindness
Violence talks first in the room
Every laugh has a shadow behind it
Every hallway hums with doom
[Chorus]
This world is poison
Dripping from the tongue
From the gun
From the screen (oh!)
We drink it
Breathe it
Call it “just the way it is
” like we don’t bleed
This world is poison
But it didn’t start that way when we were young
Tell me
Is there any cure left
Or are we already gone?
[Bridge]
I remember sleep without sirens
I remember trust in the dark
Now I sleep with one eye open
Counting exits
Mapping scars
Are we feeding the fire
Every click
Every cruel little joke?
Or can we choke this empire
On the love that it thought was a hoax? (yeah)
[Chorus]
This world is poison
Dripping from the tongue
From the gun
From the screen
We drink it
Breathe it
Call it “just the way it is
” like we don’t bleed
This world is poison
But I still see a spark under all this rust
If there’s any cure left in us
It starts when we choose to trust