Unmarked Vans

[Verse 1] Unmarked vans by the corner store Black cloth where a face should be Don’t wear a badge or show ID They just dare and say “come quietly” Your keys still warm in your shaking hand Groceries spilled on the cracked concrete Your phone on the pavement Buzzing While they drag you across the street [Chorus] We see you We see you You can’t hide this in the dark Every mother Every child Is a witness Is a spark We see you We see you And the world is gonna know You can steal our neighbors’ bodies But you’ll never own their souls [Verse 2] Little girl at the kitchen sink Soap on her hands when the door’s kicked in Boots in the hallway Radios hiss “Wrong brown face Right color of skin” They say “Just a minute We’ll sort this out” Van doors slam Judge and jury - verdict read They vanish her father past razor wire Leave his pillow cold in an empty bed [Chorus] [Bridge] [low vocal register] Whose hands sign the orders? Whose pens draw the lines? Who counts the bodies on paper Then sleeps just fine? [megaphone filter] Say their names in the daylight Say their names in the rain Pack the streets till the steel gates open Till they choke on every name [Chorus] [Chorus] We see you We see you You can’t hide this in the dark Every mother Every child Is a witness Is a spark We see you We see you And the world is gonna know You can steal our neighbors’ bodies But you’ll never own their souls [Outro] You can steal our neighbors’ bodies But you’ll never own their souls You can steal the peoples’ bodies But you’ll never own our souls