See him stand, our fellow man
Who begs the heart to sight
But we tend to our cathedral towers
That let us sleep at night
Pay no concern to voices heard
Clog our ears with caricatures
With darkened hearts and ineffective minds
Take aim
Throw on him our fear and rage
He'll absorb the hate we hold
He will be our scapegoat
Take aim
Throw on him our fear and rage
Bear the brunt of our piercing words
We'll build this straw man
But still there he stands
It fuels our vicious temperament
We cast our righteous stones at him
The stones that hold the foundation
Where our white temples stand
Tall and proud
Only to find them now
Crumbling down
Upon a shifting sand
Throw on him our fear and rage
He'll absorb the hate we hold
He will be our scapegoat
Take aim
Throw on him our fear and rage
Bear the brunt of our piercing words
Burning pride deep inside
Rectifies the pain
But what if my burning dies
I'm terrified what remains
This can't be
I'm not wrong
I'm never wrong
So let's take aim
Throw on him our fear and rage
He'll absorb the hate we hold
He will be our scapegoat
Take aim
Throw on him our fear and rage
Bear the brunt of our piercing words
We'll build this straw man
We'll build this straw man
We'll build this straw man
We'll build this straw man