Blame the Game - Dan Bull

Oh no!

There’s been another spree killing, silly Billy

Fool walking through a school, shooting people willy nilly

You beat the previous high score by three deaths

Yep, cool story bro, we’re not particularly impressed

You briefly got your face pictured in the media (Well done)

And won a place upon a list in Wikipedia (Wow)

But that’s old hat, it’s not what I’m here to talk about today

I came to address the lazy claims of the NRA

Look, if games are to blame for the state of play

Then why has violence been a staple in the USA’s daily diet?

As a gamer I suggest that you should maybe try it

Stay away from the shooting range, have a lazy lie in

If you’re craving violence, then you should play online

'Cause there’s a pile of people waiting to be slain in private

You may just find it more cathartic and relaxing

Than taking out frustrations on a paper target with a strap, look

I’m not insane, I’m hardly bat-shit, but if I was

It wouldn’t be a game that made me pop a pistol at the fuzz (No)

It’d be a lack of proper medical support

And easy access to weapons used allegedly for sport

When a crazy man gets angry and

Invades and lays a place to waste, they will

Blame the games he may have played

But it ain’t the place they should be taking aim

No, it ain’t the place they should be taking aim

Don’t blame the games he may have played

'Cause the debate will rage again and fade away

And the situation stays the same

Shame

A lot of people spend a lot of time computing

What percentage of them have done a high school shooting?

«But studies show connections between gaming and aggression!»

Yes, and there’s a link between gun deaths and gun possession

You can’t pull up a set of stats that you purloined

Then ignore evidence discrediting your hollow point

Every western country plays games, one of them has guns

And one of them has a gun problem, I wonder which one?

(Humm)

It’s my belief that if they were still alive today

The founding fathers' pounding hearts would cry for change right away

Even if it requires taking your weapon rights away

Aye, but hey, maybe I should shut my limey face

Unless I’d like to taste the other side of the firing range

But either way, by the way, can I just say

If I could take a vacation in the USA

Then I’d just like to say that I was safe

Are you today?

When a crazy man gets angry and

Invades and lays a place to waste, they will

Blame the games he may have played

But it ain’t the place they should be taking aim

No, it ain’t the place they should be taking aim

Don’t blame the games he may have played

'Cause the debate will rage again and fade away

And the situation stays the same

Shame