I’m looking down into the eyes of hopelessness
They’re crying out to me
I see the pain 
It’s so much more than youth should know
It tears me apart
What can I do to change what I see
This vicious cycle [bad word] to an end
 [bad word] Can’t you see
We’re [bad word] the hearts of the innocent
We’re teaching them to fail 
And how it breaks me to see how we’re living 
And punishing the ones that need us to care
To see them hurting
Feels like knuckles to the back of my head

Where have the days gone
That a promise was forever
Families stuck together
We wonder why their generation [bad word] to get by
There’s no one to help
What can I do to change what I see
This vicious cycle [bad word] to an end