Stop the violence

**STOP THE VIOLENCE**

*(rage-core / beatdown hardcore style – think turnstile meets knocked loose energy but angrier)*

VERSE 1

I’m sick of the color leaving faces

Sick of the flash before the bang

Sick of scrolling past another “thoughts & prayers”

While kids still gotta duck under desks to sang

You sold us safety behind iron sights

You sold us freedom in thirty-round mags

Now every schoolyard’s got a kill count ticker

And you still got the nerve to call it “flags”

PRE-CHORUS (screamed, half-time breakdown)

HOW MANY MORE?!

HOW FUCKING MANY MORE?!

TELL ME THE NUMBER THAT MAKES YOU CARE

TELL ME THE BODY COUNT YOU CAN BEAR

CHORUS (full band blast, gang vocals)

STOP THE VIOLENCE! – before I lose my fucking mind

STOP THE VIOLENCE! – or we’re all just next in line

STOP THE VIOLENCE! – your thoughts & prayers are cyanide

STOP THE VIOLENCE! – OR WE BURN THIS WHOLE THING DOWN THIS TIME

VERSE 2

Politicians with blood-money handshakes

NRA dick in their mouth while they smile for the pic

Moms burying babies in dresses too small

While you tweet about “mental health” like that fixes the clip

I saw the livestream comments cheering the bodycam

I saw grown men jack off to manifestos

You built a culture that fetishizes the slaughter

Then act surprised when the reaper comes to collect what he’s owed

BREAKDOWN (slow, crushing, call & response)

WHO KEEPS SELLING THE GUNS?!

(WE KNOW WHO!)

WHO KEEPS BLOCKING THE LAWS?!

(WE KNOW WHO!)

WHO LETS THE BABIES BLEED OUT ON TILE?!

(WE KNOW WHO! WE FUCKING KNOW WHO!)

FINAL CHORUS (double-time, completely unhinged)

STOP THE VIOLENCE! – I’m done with the eulogies

STOP THE VIOLENCE! – your God don’t hear apologies

STOP THE VIOLENCE! – we’re past marching, past civility

STOP THE VIOLENCE – OR WE START COLLECTING TEETH

OUTRO (feedback, one last guttural scream over dying riff)

No more children

No more candles

No more hashtags

No more chances

STOP.

THE.

VIOLENCE.

(or we stop asking nicely.)