#ℝ𝕖𝕧𝕠𝕝𝕦𝕥𝕖 - How Did We Get Here?

[Verse 1] We fund the guns on someone else’s ground, And cut the hands that built our towns from stone. We pave the roads for those who just arrived, Then leave the ones who stayed out in the cold. That terror has no face until it's yours, And ordinary men will pave the longest, And most decent roads, To places they were never meant to go. [Verse 2] The ones who swore to guard us from the dark, Now stand between the people and the square. The farmer, trucker, all can feel the weight, But courts have other verdicts to declare. We thought we’d know the hour of the fall, Some crack, some blaze, some flagrant excess. But maybe there is no single moment— Only a slow consent to less and less. [pre-chorus] No sudden fire, Just dimming light. No final siren, Just every night. [Chorus] How did we get here? With every map they drew. The warnings in plain view, Burned into all we knew. How did we get here? Say it plain, say it clear. How did we get here? How did we get here? [Verse 3] They send our sons to borders not our own And call the blowback something unforeseen. The danger that they planted, fully grown, Returns to us in ways they’ll never screen. We were not conquered; we were slowly sold, On versions of ourselves we thought were bold. [Verse 4] The money moves from those who hold the lock Back to the hands that forged the gate and key. The research bends wherever money leans, And truth gets shaped behind a private fee. One study here, one product, one approval— And science wears a cleaner name at night. Not written in the findings or the journal, But signed and paid before it sees the light. [pre-chorus] No sudden fire, Just dimming light. No final siren, Just every night. [Chorus] How did we get here? With every map they drew. The warnings in plain view, Burned into all we knew. How did we get here? Say it plain, say it clear. How did we get here? How did we get here? [Verse 5] Each decade brings a new end to the world, A deadline passed, then sold as something new. We move the date, we keep the machine, And bury what the last disaster proved. Not asking who was wrong, but why we stay, Why fear is what we need to face the day. [Bridge] The greatest danger wears a decent face, Fills out the form, and calls that service good. Asks nothing of the order, keeps his place, Does what he’s told because he thinks he should. How did we get here—eyes open, willing, clear? How did we get here—this is the only question here. [Final Chorus] How did we get here? With every map they drew. How did we get here? The warnings, plain in view. How did we get here? We dimmed the lights so slow. How did we get here? We called the dark “we know.” 🐞🐞🐞 ©Bao Lynn 2026. All rights reserved 🐞🐞🐞