So another gun goes off –
Background noise
Two kids in a stolen car –
Background noise
A young man screams in the dead of the night –
Background noise
A family mourns by an early graveside –
Background noise

You hear the cries of the different sides
The bullet hits again
Take a look in anybody's eyes
Our tears are all the same
Our tears are all the same

No shattering explosion is
Background noise
A man or a woman's final words
Are more than background noise
The sound of somebody's breaking bones –
More than background noise
A mother's graceful words of mercy –
More than background noise

What the hell do I know –
Crying out for love
What the hell can I do –
Crying out for love
When every single child needs
To hear the voice of love
We all need a new speech –
The words of love