[Verse] Another reality show Pictures of people that you don't know and Mama wrecked the Caddy and daddy's on the sauce again And now your little brother's shooting heroin Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah [Verse] Whatever happened to us When common sense ain't common enough and they've taken all your choices and your voice is never loud enough And now you're thinking you should just give up It's crazy But maybe [Chorus] You could just slow down and take a step back and get yourself together and just relax When the sun goes down at the end of the day Will your clenched fist open enough to pray And take a deeper breath [Verse] Somewhere early today A weirdo watching while children play and those people who are neighbors are strangers and just look away Until the TV cameras show up the next day Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah [Verse] Your face turns blue as you hold your breath Will the jury give him life or give him death? And every eye is glued to the idiot box while you stuff another bag with the trash you'll talk It's crazy But maybe [Chorus] You could just slow down and take a step back And get yourself together and just relax When the sun goes down at the end of the day Will your clenched fist open enough to pray And take a deeper breath Just take a deeper breath [Bridge] The thread unravels With the banging of self-righteous gavels Hammering the nails that seal us in A creek already traveled We find ourselves without a paddle And out of fingers to plug the dam again [Chorus] If you can just slow down and take a step back And keep yourself together and just relax When the sun goes down at the end of the day Will your clenched fist open so you can pray And take a deeper breath Just take a deeper breath
