tear down the statues

tear down the statues

drown them in paint, dye them blood-red
force everyone to see all of the dead.
tear down the statues

what are these virtues?
cast down the crowns, cast in cement
cast down the systems that lie and torment.
tear down the statues

new voices break through
who got to be, got to be white?
power won’t concede unless you can fight!
tear down the statues

let chaos ensue
no end in sight, powers that be
drag us all down into calamity.
tear down the statues

the past is preview
question it all, decolonise –
how deaf can we be to all of their cries?
tear down the statues

don’t let them construe
don’t let them lie, truth can be mine,
truth can be yours and ours all of the time!
tear down the statues

subvert and subdue
grab all you can, pull ev’ry strand
this nation’s fabric that rules over land
tear down the statues

living in mildew
rot at our core, what was it for?
borders are hoarders, they only want more.
tear down the statues

this country’s tattoo
under the skin, it’s permanent,
pass down ev’ry sin to all the children!
tear down the statues

tear down the statues, teardown
tear down the statues, teardown
tear down the statues, TEARDOWN

tear down the statues, teardown
tear down the statues, teardown
tear down the statues, TEARDOWN

tear down the statues, teardown
tear down the statues, teardown

teardownthestatues, you
teardownthestatues, me
teardownthestatues, you
teardownthestatues, we

teardownthestatues, you
teardownthestatues, me
teardownthestatues, you
teardownthestatues, we

teardownthestatues
teardownthestatues
teardownthestatues
teardownthestatues

teardownthestatues
teardownthestatues
teardownthestatues
teardownthestatues

what are these virtues?
new voices break through
let chaos ensue
the past is preview
don’t let them construe
subvert and subdue
living in mildew
this country’s tattoo

teardownthestatues
teardownthestatues
teardownthestatues
teardownthestatues

drown them in paint
cast down the crowns
who got to be
no end in sight
question it all
don’t let them lie
grab all you can
rot at our core
under the skin

teardownthestatues
teardownthestatues
teardownthestatues
teardownthestatues

dye them blood-red
cast in cement
got to be white
powers that be
decolonise
truth can be mine
pull ev’ry strand
what was it for?
it’s permanent

teardownthestatues
teardownthestatues
teardownthestatues
teardownthestatues

force everyone to see all of the dead
cast down the systems that lie and torment
power won’t concede unless you can fight
drag us all down into calamity
how deaf can we be to all of their cries?
truth can be yours and ours all of the time
the nation’s fabric that rules over land
borders are hoarders, they only want more
pass down ev’ry sin to all the children

teardownthestatues
forallthemissing
teardownthestatues
forallthemissing

allthemissing
allthemissing
allofthemsing
allofthemsing
allofthemsing
ALL OF THEM SING