[Intro]
I try, and I try, and I try to look away
It doesn't mean that it don't happen anyway

[Verse 1]
I watch as they all look away
They don't have the stomach for this
The image that's burned in my brain
Won't let me ignore my good conscience

[Pre-Chorus]
They try to hide our suffering
Controlling lies with lies they sing
It's right in front of me

[Chorus 1]
I try, and I try, and I try to look away
The fighting inside is the reason that I stay
I try, and I try, and I try to look away
It doesn't mean that it don't happen anyway

[Verse 2]
The people that live in the streets
The children struggling just to eat
Our families sent overseas
And claiming it's "necessary," oh!
[Pre-Chorus]
They try to hide our suffering
Controlling lies, with lies they sing
It's right in front of me

[Chorus 1]
I try, and I try, and I try to look away
The fighting inside is the reason that I stay
I try, and I try, and I try to look away
It doesn't mean that it don't happen anyway

[Bridge]
Program your mind
I don't wanna be, I don't wanna be among the sheep
I don't wanna follow them asleep
I don't wanna be left for dead in the street
I don't wanna throw, I don't wanna throw away my soul
I don't wanna know the things they know
If it's gonna make me into an animal

[Chorus 2]
I try, and I try, and I try to look away
The fighting inside is the reason that I stay
I try, and I try, and I try to look away
It doesn't mean that it don't happen anyway
I try, and I try, and I try to look away
The fighting inside is the reason that I stay
I try, and I try, and I try to look away
It doesn't mean that it don't happen anyway
[Outro]
I try, and I try, and I try… (look away)
I give, and I gave up the fight (they create)
I live and I live I'm alive… (but I bleed)
I'm tired of seeing it, so I have to look away