Here we are again
Same story, different time and place
Here we are again
Feels like I'm treading water with the sharks circling under
If it wasn't enough to be afraid of before,
Why are you so damn surprised I don't feel safe anymore?
I've known hatred like this since I was a kid
Yeah, this pain has been here too long
Every generation has known to stand tall through it
Try to calm our fears down with song
I can't find the words to pray anymore
I can't find the way we'll be free
When will you recognize the hatred that I know?
When will you accept me for me?
Ever since Abraham, Isaac and Jacob
People have tried to tear down our world
Ever since Sarah, Rebekah, Rachel and Leah,
We've been hunted down and segregated
Persecuted, regulated
Forced into a box and shoved far from where they all could see
Don't you get it, world? I'm still here
And I'm still free.
Here we go again
Pretend that my fear isn't real
That nothing's going on, that I don't have a right to feel
Like I'm seeing the same damn story
Repeated in its full glory
I know it well
I know it well
See, almost every single holiday we have, we celebrate the same damn thing
Surviving another genocide attempt, lift up our voices to sing
About how we can face the fear
How we're still here
But it's one thing to talk about it
Another to feel like its happening
Before your very eyes
Tell me you recognize
That I'm still here
I'm still here
I'm still part of this tree of life
Through all my pain and strife
Through all the tears
I'm still here
Just because you don't see it, clear as day
Doesn't mean its gone away
We've fought it every day, every month, every year,
It runs in my blood, in my sweat in my tears
Recognize my world
Recognize my fears
I'm still here
I'm still here
We're still here.
