Paper Shields

Intro

Mm-hmm

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Real talk

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Verse 1

They sold the soul for a seat at the table

While brothers bleed they keep the fable

Signed a paper called peace but it's really a cage

Trading our futures to turn the page

Normalization while the children scream

Chasing a Zio-American dream

Ports open wide while the borders stay shut

Building the walls while they sharpen the cut

Pre-Chorus

They fear their own people more than the foe

Watching the seeds of betrayal grow

They seek protection in a paper shield

Waiting for the truth to be revealed

Chorus

Abraham Accords just a chain in disguise

Pulling the wool over everyone's eyes

Complicit in silence

Investing in violence

From Sudan to Yemen the money is red

Counting the gold while they bury the dead

Counting the gold while they bury the dead

Counting the gold while they bury the dead

Verse 2

Stolen wealth from the mines in the south

Putting a silence inside of every mouth

Building bases on the islands out in the deep

Watching the martyrs while the monarchs sleep

Artificial lines keeping us apart

Sectarian masks for a cold black heart

They fear the depth that the neighbors have grown

Afraid of a strength they have never known

Pre-Chorus

They fear their own people more than the foe

Watching the seeds of betrayal grow

They seek protection in a paper shield

Waiting for the truth to be revealed

Chorus

Abraham Accords just a chain in disguise

Pulling the wool over everyone's eyes

Complicit in silence

Investing in violence

From Sudan to Yemen the money is red

Counting the gold while they bury the dead

Counting the gold while they bury the dead

Counting the gold while they bury the dead

Bridge

Self-sufficiency is the only way out

But they chose the shadow and they chose the doubt

Living in a complex of the small and weak

Selling out the justice that we all seek

If the resistance falls they will follow the suit

Withered branches and a poisoned fruit

Chorus

Abraham Accords just a chain in disguise

Pulling the wool over everyone's eyes

Complicit in silence

Investing in violence

From Sudan to Yemen the money is red

Counting the gold while they bury the dead

Counting the gold while they bury the dead

Counting the gold while they bury the dead