I am walking up the steps to your wooden door We have lived on this avenue since ninety-four But we have not spoken a word in a couple of years Too busy drowning in the manufactured fears Well I am standing on the porch without a shield Ready to see what the daylight will yield Look me in the eye Look me in the eye Tell me I am the villain of the lie Tell me it is a lie Take a good look at the dirt on my hand We are sinking in the very same sand Do not look at the glowing box, do not look at the sky Just look me in the eye Look me in the eye You lost your pension and they cut my pay We both watch the neighborhood fading away But the men in the suits want us tearing our throats While they sail away in the gilded boats I am tired of the anger and I am sick of the show I just want to see the man that I used to know Look me in the eye Look me in the eye Tell me I am the villain of the lie Tell me it is a lie Take a good look at the dirt on my hand We are sinking in the very same sand Do not look at the glowing box, do not look at the sky Just look me in the eye Look me in the eye We have to break the wall! Tear it down Before the whole damn ceiling starts to fall To the ground The truth is not written on a digital page It is breathing right here in this physical cage! Look me in the eye Look me in the eye Tell me I am the villain of the lie Tell me it is a lie Take a good look at the dirt on my hand We are sinking in the very same sand Do not look at the glowing box, do not look at the sky Just look me in the eye Look me in the eye I am right here. Look me in the eye. © 2026 The Shady River Bard. All rights reserved.
