If I was a prophet, if I was a saint
sent here to say to you to bury the pain
Would I be different? Would I belong?
Voices are silent, arms to repay
To challenge destruction it's close to this day
Things can be different, we could belong
We are the human, we are the strays
we talk about heaven, we talk about grace
But things can be different, we could belong
Leave behind the renegades
cross the desert through the haze
'Cause we must hold on, yeah
'Cause we must hold on, yeah
Moving forward one-by-one
to find shelter
Chorus
'Cause They say
Things are much better than we know
we are not the problem
so don't hate (hate)
things will get better if we show
we are not the problem
(Oh!)
So say to the children
Say to them all
Bury the demons, brace for the fall
Things can be different, we could belong
We have the vision, we have the faith
we have the meaning we have the taste
Things could be different, we could belong
Leave behind the renegades
cross the desert through the haze
'Cause we must hold on, yeah
'Cause we must hold on, yeah
Moving forward one-by-one
to find shelter
Chorus
'Cause they say
Things are much better than we know
we are not the problem
so don't hate (hate)
things will get better if we show
we are not the problem
We go right back to the start
in sweet defiance
we were meant to be apart
like doubt and silence
we must found out who we are
If I was a prophet, if I was a saint
Sent here to say to you to bury the pain
Would I be different? Would I belong?
Chorus (x2)
'Cause they say
things are much better than we know
we are not the problem
So don't hate (hate)
things will get better if we show
we are not the problem
sent here to say to you to bury the pain
Would I be different? Would I belong?
To challenge destruction it's close to this day
Things can be different, we could belong
We are the human, we are the strays
we talk about heaven, we talk about grace
But things can be different, we could belong
cross the desert through the haze
'Cause we must hold on, yeah
'Cause we must hold on, yeah
Moving forward one-by-one
to find shelter
Things are much better than we know
we are not the problem
so don't hate (hate)
things will get better if we show
we are not the problem
Say to them all
Bury the demons, brace for the fall
Things can be different, we could belong
We have the vision, we have the faith
we have the meaning we have the taste
Things could be different, we could belong
cross the desert through the haze
'Cause we must hold on, yeah
'Cause we must hold on, yeah
Moving forward one-by-one
to find shelter
Things are much better than we know
we are not the problem
so don't hate (hate)
things will get better if we show
we are not the problem
in sweet defiance
we were meant to be apart
like doubt and silence
we must found out who we are
Sent here to say to you to bury the pain
Would I be different? Would I belong?
things are much better than we know
we are not the problem
So don't hate (hate)
things will get better if we show
we are not the problem
I get the sense this is about people who feel alienated by society and blamed for its problems; like whenever there's a shooting, people blame either guns or video games. People on either side feel marginalized, feel blamed. If they had been different, they think, they could belong to these groups that persecute them, their lives would be better.
When Columbine happened, people who looked different, were loners, wore trenchcoats, were bullied worse than ever. Because they were different.