[[Not Yours to Own (revised: “Enemies”)] [(narrated by Democracy / Civil Rights)] [Verse 1] You hit the stage with a fighter’s grin Said “I’m your retribution,” let the anger in “Lock her up” rang loud and long Chant it enough and it sounds like a song You deal out nicknames, cheap and mean Paint half the country as the other team Every rally says “us and them” Honey, I was made for all of them [Pre-Chorus] And it burns, burns hot On a crooked little line “Vermin,” “poison” Then you call it fine [Chorus] Why you gotta make my neighbors enemies? Why you gotta make my neighbors enemies? You say “my people” You say “unite” Then you split the room Into left and right Why you gotta make my neighbors enemies? Why you gotta make my neighbors enemies? I’m in the red I’m in the blue I’m in the “enemy” Named by you [Verse 2] “Enemy within,” you say on cue Talk of troops for the folks who don’t vote for you You stood at a funeral and told the crowd You hate your opponents, and you said it proud The press is “the enemy,” critics are “scum” Now Thanksgiving tables sit cold and numb They tell me relax, it’s only talk But talk is how the torches walk [Pre-Chorus] And it swings, swings back With a brass-knuckle bite “Fine people” on both sides Of a torch-lit night [Chorus] Why you gotta make my neighbors enemies? Why you gotta make my neighbors enemies? You say “my people” You say “unite” Then you split the room Into left and right Why you gotta make my neighbors enemies? Why you gotta make my neighbors enemies? I’m in the red I’m in the blue I’m in the “enemy” Named by you [Bridge] Tell me we’re too far divided While you’re the one who keeps dividing You grin and we’re already fighting Tired of all the fighting One more chair One more plate We pull the table back From the edge of hate [Final Chorus] Why you gotta make my neighbors enemies? Why you gotta make my neighbors enemies? You say “my people” You say “unite” Then you split the room Into left and right Why you gotta make my neighbors enemies? Why you gotta make my neighbors enemies? I’m in the red I’m in the blue I’m in the both of us That outlast you
