I need more of that
In both ears please, yes

It's no issue til it hits you
Then 911 becomes your friend again
What you call obscene turns out true
But then the politicians suck you back in like a fool
All you can really do is hide under the covers
All you can really do is wait out the storm
Until the bad guys are no more

In this city, where is God?
All we've got is hope, but hope's a joke
You can only laugh, when you're trying to cope
But you can't pray your way out of this
You can't vote your way out of this
You can't shoot your way out of this
You can only move out of it

When they want to build, you're the tool
You're too willing to be used
Until you're tossed aside, what will you do
Are you gonna cry about it, just cry about it
You'll soon get to that age when the nightmare is over
Hoping that it don't come to your front door
And knocks you on the floor
In this city, where is God?
All we've got is hope, but hope's a joke
You can only laugh, when you're trying to cope
But you can't pray your way out of this
You can't vote your way out of this
You can't shoot your way out of this
You can only move out of it
All we've got is hope, but hope's a joke
You can only laugh, when you're trying to cope
But you can't pray your way out of this
You can't vote your way out of this
You can't shoot your way out of this
You can only move out of it

Hey hey
Ariel, come on down

[Ariel Velez]
The story is told in many chapters
Where it's important about before and after
Paining vivid memories of a city where
Picasso wouldn't like to capture
Why the church folk acting like it's gonna be a rapture
And Natalie Santos though is gonna be the savior
A city unaware of it's own behavior
But it's no major
I heard a rumor about somebody had put a curse
I know that it could've been way worse
All I know is that I ended up leaving
Just know one day I was leaving
Especially the energy that I was feeling
Just know that I couldn't deal with it
That I couldn't deal with it
And just know that I left right at that moment
Where is God?
All we've got is hope, but hope's a joke
You can only laugh, when you're trying to cope
But you can't pray your way out of this
You can't vote your way out of this
You can't shoot your way out of this
You can only move out of it
All we've got is hope, but hope's a joke
(Where do I go from here, now?)
You can only laugh, when you're trying to cope
(Where do I go from here, now?)
Where do I go, where do I go?
But you can't pray your way out of this
You can't vote your way out of this
You can't shoot your way out of this
You can only move out of it