Isabelle Hyde - 1960s / 2020s Lyrics

Empathy
Let's break it down for the ones now learning
Is admitting
Living life is a little different for me
And reaching
Past your firsthand understanding
To simply
Say human life is worth defending

Now, if it feels
I'm getting too political
Then, that reveals
You've lost the point of it all

My existence won't be wasted on blind hatred
I will try my best to understand
My enemies
Even they have reasoning
We're all made of skin and bone
We're all just looking for a home

My man Johnny
He did a lot in the late sixties
He worked incessantly
For voting rights and human dignity
And he was beat
Near to death by drunken police
And yet he thinks
Love is the most productive reasoning

Now, if it feels
I'm getting too political
Then, that reveals
You've lost the point of it all

My existence won't be wasted on blind hatred
I will try my best to understand
My enemies
Even they have reasoning
We're all made of skin and bone
We're all just looking for a home

To empathize doesn't mean
To compromise what you believe in
It's to recognize pain can drive
People to illogical compromises
It doesn't justify wrongdoing
But persuades your mind to keep moving
Forward in further proving
None of us are stuck in wrongdoing

Now, if it feels
I'm getting too political
Then, that reveals
You've lost the point of it all

My existence won't be wasted on blind hatred
I will try my best to understand
My enemies
Even they have reasoning
We're all made of skin and bone
Those soggy bones
We're all just looking for a place to belong