The Atrocity Loop

We’ve learned to smile while the innocent fall, Say it’s just history, nothing at all.

[Verse 1]
There’s blood in the soil and ghosts in the law,
Names we forgot still scratch at the wall.
We build up the promise, tear it back down,
Call it protection while burning the town.

[Pre-Chorus]
We’ve learned to smile while the innocent fall,
Say it’s just history, nothing at all.

[Chorus]
It’s the atrocity loop, the circle of pain,
Dehumanize, neglect, destroy — then start again.
From cotton to cages, from silence to sin,
We promise it’s over, then we do it again.

[Verse 2]
They say we’re improving, they swear we’ve grown kind,
But mercy keeps dying somewhere behind.
We bury the truth with a flag and a prayer,
Pretend not to see who’s still bleeding there.

[Pre-Chorus]
The headlines will fade, the faces will too,
And we’ll find a new “them” to blame it all through.

[Chorus]
It’s the atrocity loop, the song we all know,
We change the refrain but the rhythm won’t go.
From chains to detention, from silence to spin,
We promise it’s over, then we do it again.

[Bridge]
Oh, the wheel keeps turning, the lessons unlearned,
The candles still burning for bridges we’ve burned.
Every time we forget, the story repeats,
The ghosts keep on marching, they don’t miss a beat.

[Final Chorus / Outro]
It’s the atrocity loop, carved deep in our name,
We rewrite the rules and replay the shame.
From sorrow to silence, from loss to pretend —
We promise it’s over…
then we do it again.