In these dangerous days
these agonizing hours
these moments that seem to transcend
perception of wrong and right
I take two steps back
two steps
farther
from
the
edge
of all of this
insanity
laid out before me

I can hear the screaming
no longer can distinguish
the animals from "God's children"
it all sounds the same
cut a little deeper
any vein will do
bleed us a little more
I know you'll take
what you can get
the stones are falling
their fingers are pointing
I'm no fucking martyr, are you?

two steps back
two steps closer
to the truth

in these dangerous times
these agonizing hours
I can feel them moving in
with their ignorance out on their sleeves
they stink of self-righteousness
they inflict pain
as proof of their superiority
and here I thought we were all one human race
silly me

my eyes are closed
my teeth are clenched
I am preparing for it to hit us
and hit us hard this time
two steps back
two steps farther from you
hands outstretched
c'mon, I will carry you
through the madness of these moments
I will take you to somewhere
safe where we can just be
somewhere far from the screaming
it's out of our control
after all we're just mere queers
I think it's safe to say
our hands are tied on this one
we'd better get going
I can hear them in the darkness
the silence hides in the wake of such crude behavior
we've got a few hours before the morning
one step at a time
we will find our solace


In these dangerous days
these agonizing hours
these moments that seem to transcend
perception of wrong and right
I take two steps back
two steps
farther
from
the
edge
of all of this
lack of humanity
laid out before me