You aren't a statistic. You aren't a coordinate. You are a person. Remember that. [Verse 1: I’m just a dot on a screen, a blot on the scene, a number in a magazine, you know what I mean? They’re treating us like paper, thin and disposable, the horror of the situation is almost un-knowable! They’re aiming the cursor, they’re clicking the mouse, From the comfort of a cubicle or a White House! We’re paper targets in a digital range, And nobody is looking for a meaningful change! [Chorus: All] We are not paper! We are not targets! We’re not for sale in your violent markets! ( There’s another way!) Tear up the charts, burn the files, We’re more than the distance and more than the miles! [Verse 2: Print us out, shred us up, fill the bitter cup, They’re waiting for the population to just shut up! But the paper is screaming, the ink is alive, We’re more than a number trying to survive! You can’t fold us, you can’t crease us, you can’t tear us apart, You can’t put a bullseye over a heart! [Chorus: All] We are not paper! We are not targets! We’re not for sale in your violent markets! (There’s another way!) Tear up the charts, burn the files, We’re more than the distance and more than the miles! [Verse 3: Look at the news, it’s a target practice, the world is a desert and the peace is a cactus! Sharp and rare and hard to find, While we’re all being left in the paper-grind! I’m refusing to be a statistic today, I’m throwing the paper-doll version away! [Chorus:] We are not paper! We are not targets! We’re not for sale in your violent markets! (There’s another way!) Tear up the charts, burn the files, We’re more than the distance and more than the miles! [Verse 4:] Rip the map! Burn the ledger! Take us off the edge! I’m making a human-being-sovereign-pledge! I’m flesh and I’m bone and I’m blood and I’m soul, I’m not a fragment, I’m a beautiful whole! Get the cursor off my chest! Put the targets to rest! We’re human! [Chorus: We are not paper! We are not targets! We’re not for sale in your violent markets! (There’s another way!) Tear up the charts, burn the files, We’re more than the distance and more than the miles! [Outro:] WE ARE HUMAN!
