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Lyrics
Verse 1
my beloved, I'm struggling to understand
what happened to your common sense
it's like everything's upside down
my beloved, it breaks my heart
I'm looking at the generation we're raising
and they're going to inherit our wreckage
my beloved, I thought you were better than this
honesty doesn't matter to you anymore
you're slowly selling out our future
Chorus
oh my beloved where are we going now
our stories have been our beautiful ground
imperfect but improving, imperfect but an inspiration
oh my beloved where are we going now
Verse 2
my beloved, when did our truths become dangerous
we don't even see the same world anymore
what we had together is eroding
my beloved, you're abandoning friends, families, neighbors
you care more about the trappings
than the people who love you
my beloved, you've lost your soul
you're weaponizing power against your own children
you were a safe harbor, not punishing and cruel
Chorus
oh my beloved where are we going now
our stories have been our beautiful ground
imperfect but improving, imperfect but an inspiration
oh my beloved where are we going now
Bridge
these divides we feel are not the same
we have no reference in our past for this change
these divides we feel, they are tearing us down
oh america, my beloved, I don't recognize what you've become
Verse 3
Oh how did we get here, we can't even agree on basic biology
my whole past is being rewritten in front of me
It can't be real it's just unbearable
Oh america, my soul is crushed, we've lost all sense of sacred
these are our human rights, these are real people with dignity
I am drowning in the grief
Oh America, we're being destroyed from the inside out, and I just want to rage
I'm sick of watching you betray us, oppress us
But I will stand for what's right, stand for this ground
Outro
oh my beloved where are we going now, is there anywhere but down
oh my beloved I'm losing hope, america I don't see a return
oh my beloved it's not imperfect, it's decay
oh my beloved you're no beacon today, no, not imperfect, just decay
Credits
Song
- Written by Mary Camacho
- Produced by Mary Camacho
- Publisher Moon In My Sun Music (ASCAP)
The lyrics are mine, written in the summer of 2026. The recording was generated with AI (Suno) under my direction, and I disclose that everywhere this song lives.
Video photography
The video is built from photographs by the artists below, sourced from Pexels and used with gratitude. Pexels does not require attribution; these photographers deserve it anyway.
A D · Alfo Medeiros · Anatolii Grytsenko · Andreas Schnabl · Barnabas Davoti · Chris F · D. C. O’Brien · Emmanuel Codden · Engin Akyurt · Eric Prouzet · Flo Maderebner · George Shervashidze · Harun Tan · Juan Pablo Serrano · Justin Wolfert · Liza Summer · Matthis Volquardsen · Pavel Danilyuk · RDNE Stock project · Ruslan Sikunov · Sarowar Hussain · Seljan Salimova · Serhii Bondarchuk · Stephen Meyers · Tom Fisk · Tomás Asurmendi
- “This isn't politics, it's about humanity” photo Daisy Bateman / The Eagle
- “Fix the System” photo Brett Sayles
- Additional image licensed via Adobe Stock