Concealing what we're ashamed of Sweeping all under the rug Basket left outside the door Abandoned here forevermore
Locked inside padded walls Waiting for parents to return won't feel the breeze upon their skin A child's suffering is not your concern
From a distance, a darker era' s vestiges remain Alone in the cradle, with no one to ease the pain You said those days were over when you joined the union But that secret is out now, no more hiding your institutions
The blind will freeze in their tracks, unsafe without a hand Others will lay for years in their crib and never even stand The muscles and mind will atrophy, a widespread sickening apathy willfully as deaf, dumb and blind as the little ones we watch over No one will speak for those who can't speak for themselves
From a distance, the residue of a troubled past Society has moved on, but still you let the abuses last You said those days were over when you joined the union But that secret is out now, no more hiding your institutions
Lacking oversight
Hiding the failure of a nation
Contributing to new disabilities, and needless amputations
You are the guardians Disposed of by their mothers and fathers You are the guardians But you barely even bother
You are the guardians Forgotten by their mothers and fathers
You are the guardians But you barely even bother You take your frustrations out on a boy that can't defend himself You force yourself a little girl who can't speak a word Complicit in the death of the resource that we're supposed to cherish What does it say about a people who lets their children perish?
Echoes of a cry that will never be attended to Resonate in the chamber at the end of these darkened halls When you turn a blind eye to the agony of the innocent, It should come as no surprise when your society falls