Our Great Divide

I've heard a rumor of a coming storm
 My beliefs won't keep me warm and
 Regard with deep disdain the systems keeping us informed
 We protest but it seems in vain
 Shout each other down assigning blame
 The current scene unfolds just like the tragedies of old
 And yet we do as we are told
 Obedience: the key to our control
 Damnation, salvation
 Words have served to bring us to our great divide
 Upbraided, fixated
 On an outcome unforeseen seek to despair
 Build walls out of fear and greed
 Discard the ones in need of
 Humanity and grace and so we falter as before
 Agitate against derision
 Won't be denied our own decisions
 Who can see the architects of a turning of this tide
 With all the pressure deep inside
 Retaliate and let the fates collide
 Damnation, salvation
 Words have served to bring us to our great divide
 Upbraided, fixated
 On an outcome unforeseen
 Unforeseen
 And you can scream into the wind
 Or turn a blind eye to it all
 List the ways you're better than
 The furthest yet to fall
 And berate those seeking shelter
 From a chaos we've prescribed
 A dereliction from our odious ideals
 Regardless how it feels
 To escape from what is real