I divide my mind like this city is divided
The places you shouldn't go are still too close to home
The rust and poverty, just two streets over
Always present, never acknowledged
And this is how we live, buy homes and raise our kids
Ugly thoughts that we keep inside, it's that or social suicide
Hold our tongues, become the ones that we criticize
Kept away by difference exclusion and denial
It's a price that we're willing to pay.
The places you shouldn't go are still too close to home
The rust and poverty, just two streets over
Always present, never acknowledged
And this is how we live, buy homes and raise our kids
Ugly thoughts that we keep inside, it's that or social suicide
Hold our tongues, become the ones that we criticize
Kept away by difference exclusion and denial
It's a price that we're willing to pay.