[Verse 1] Another promise on the air Another man explaining why we shouldn't care You draw a line across the earth Then act surprised when someone tells you what it's worth [Chorus] Who gets to call it peace when you never hear the sound? Who gets to call it right when you're nowhere to be found? You can turn your eyes away and say it's not your fight But somebody has to pay for all your quiet every night [Verse 2] Another number on the page Another generation learning how to live with rage You shake your head and carry on By morning all the people on the screen are gone [Chorus] Who gets to call it peace when you never hear the sound? Who gets to call it right when you're nowhere to be found? You can turn your eyes away and say it's not your fight But somebody has to pay for all your quiet every night [Bridge] How many times can we look away Before looking away becomes what we believe? How many hands can we wash clean While somebody else is left underneath? No, history won't ask what we meant It'll ask what we did when the moment came And silence may never pull the trigger But it still knows everybody's name [Chorus] Who gets to call it peace when you never hear the sound? Who gets to call it right when you're nowhere to be found? You can turn your eyes away and say it's not your fight But somebody has to pay for all your quiet every night [Outro] And when the flags are folded up And every careful word has finally been said We'll count the things we couldn't save And wonder why we waited until then I don't know what comes next But I want to see it.
