Toy Guns

[Verse 1: Us]
What's the point of a toy gun?
Seems tone deaf if not dumb
Putting violence in boys fun
Then act surprised when they've killed someone
Little lives instilled to hunt
I don't mean to be blunt but it seems like the stunt the growth of the youth when we train destruction in sons
Hundreds of deaths in the years to come
All from what?
The simple sum of tons of kids built to accept that blood will drip
Come to grip with death, show them pain until their brain can't discern the pain from the process
Behind the eyes where the boss sits
Throws fits then quits cause it can't get it's way, counts the losses and charges hate until the levy breaks
He takes it out on classmates with arms taken
From an unlocked safe in mom's basement
Adjacent blame, is he off his medication?
Off to make a statement with bullets that were bought to feel safe in a world where kids like him might use them
But abuse 'em
So who abused him?
Let's take a closer look

[Chorus: Us]
What's the point of a toy gun?
What's the point of a toy gun?
Putting violence in boys fun
What's the point of a toy gun?
Don't you dare point that thing at me
Why makes you even think
Why you wouldn't question
What's the point?
What's the point of a toy gun?

[Sample: Dr. Dimitri Christakis]
Virtual violence has three primary effects on children
The first is that it can be scary, particularly for younger children. And we know that children who watch or experience virtual violence are at increased risk for sleep disturbance, nightmare, night terror, and early awakening
The second effect it has is that it desensitizes children, and for that matter adults to violence. The more screen violence they're exposed to, the less, the less bothered they are by real world violence that they see or experience
And the third and most disturbing effect, is that it actually induces violence

[Bridge: Us]
Another school shooting and we'll doing nothing about it
(Another school shooting and we'll doing nothing about it)
Gotta feel safe, that's why we allow it?
(Gotta feel safe, that's why we allow it?)
Some kids first shot is some kids last breath
(Some kids first shot is some kids last breath)
Someone selling guns, making money off death
(Someone selling guns, making money off death)

[Verse 2: Us]
I'm only human but I assume we see it's out of control
Doom is looming, bullets zooming in every place that we go
I'm no pessimist 'cause I still see the glass as half full
But full of tears from mothers of another death toll
For whom the bell tolls warped by a force
Greater by a gun, what a source of corpse
Of course it's horrible, strike a chord
Full report at 4, where's the remorse?
Now lying on the theater floor
On the mall floor
On the hospital floor
On the church floor
On the club floor
On the college floor
On the school floor
On the fucking school floor
What happens when we glamorize war?
This happens when we glamorize war
What's all this fucking death for?
Why is the last resort the supreme court?
To end the second amendment for a moment, stop condoning gun owning until we clean up omens that eat away at these kids and broken adults
Lost boys, this is the Lord of the Flies
Team chat is a violent cult
So what's the surprise when a kid dies to desensitized explosive assault

[Verse 3: Us]
Shooting on your screen
Equals shooting in your dreams
Equals shooting fantasies
That will surely anesthetize
Am I shooting at myself?
When I'm shooting someone else?
Are you accusing mental health
While these toy guns give us wealth?
Ha!

[Chorus: Us]
What's the point of a toy gun?
What's the point of a toy gun?
Putting violence in boys fun
What's the point of a toy gun?
Don't you dare point that thing at me
Why can't you even see
Why you wouldn't question?
What's the point?
What's the point of a toy gun?

[Sample: Dr. Dimitri Christakis]
The news and information sources need to stop presenting the findings linking, uh, screen violence, virtual violence with real world aggression as if they're controversial
There is a overwhelming scientific consensus that that link is real and should be taken seriously