Who's Calling The Shots? Lyrics - Aus Rotten

Living in fear as American culture imitates what it sees 

Shooting sprees are on the rise, proof courtesy of the television screens 

Will you lock yourself in your home and just hide, 

Or go out and play God with a gun at your side? 

Becoming a target or arming yourself 

You're a victim of fear either way 

Living in paranoia on the defense 

Or taking the chance of being gunned down one day 

So who's pulling the trigger, who's calling the shots? 

Who is it that's controlling our fate? 

We're all responsible for the environment we've created 

Where none of us will ever be safe 

Here comes the headlines and here comes the tears 

The media feeding us our greatest fears 

We see the horrifying images again and again 

Children are being murdered by children 

We just accept this as tragedies of life 

What does this say about us? 

When will we seek out some genuine solutions? 

And show that we've all had enough? 

Becoming a target or arming yourself 

You're a victim of fear either way 

Living in paranoia on the defense 

Or taking the chance of being gunned down one day 

So who's pulling the trigger, who's calling the shots? 

Who is it that's controlling our fate? 

We're all responsible for the environment we've created 

Where none of us will ever be safe 

As political experts discuss and debate 

Who it is that's responsible for al of this hate 

They're building their political platforms on a pile of corpses 

Pointing their fingers and quoting us sources 

Scapegoating is too easy for society's decay 

Entertainment, music, drugs or the N.R.A. 

What will it accomplish to pass stricter laws 

When it's actually our apathy that's a much greater cause? 

As long as we leave our apathy alive 

We're killing our children's chances to survive 

Our idealistic intentions are wrapped in a shroud 

The responsibility rests with what we've allowed 

A society that taught us to kill or be killed 

Convinced that this is the only way to be fulfilled 

I just hope that we realize before it's too late 

That we ultimately control our community's fate 

Becoming a target or arming yourself 

You're a victim of fear either way 

Living in paranoia on the defense 

Or taking the chance of being gunned down one day 

So who's pulling the trigger, who's calling the shots? 

Who is it that's controlling our fate? 

We're all responsible for the environment we've created 

Where none of us will ever be safe