Today in Orlando
Line up to give blood
Donate your money
Give oceans of blood.
Slap rainbows on the photos we post.
Spread flowers at the vigils we host.
Boast and proclaim
With flickering flame:
Love wins.
Love wins.
But those people died.
So explain how love won.
Read their names forever,
From now 'til Kingdom come.
Reading names on TV doesn't mean that Love won.
Ring the globe with rainbow ribbon
Tie a gigantic bow.
Hell, paint rainbows on the sun and moon,
This is what I know:
Candlelight vigils.
Tributes and tears
Legions of counselors tamping down fears
Do not mean Love won.
Take away the fuckin' guns.
Lower the flags.
Let all screens go black.
Silence the preachers.
Silence the pundits.
Words won't bring him back.
Don't dare speak of god
Don't speak of salvation.
Silence the nation.
Stop saying love wins
Stop saying love wins
Stop saying love wins
Love hasn't won
Take away the fuckin' guns
Take away the fuckin' guns.
Etc…
Today in Las Vegas
In El Paso
In Uvalde
Today in a nightclub-
At a concert-
At a Walmart-
Today on a sidewalk
In a workplace
At a temple,
Today on a campus
At a high school
In a classroom
Today in Orlando…
Take
away
the guns…