You walk right by him Yet you never see You choose to ignore His humanity A living specter A breathing ghost Lost in the background A hindrance at most Ignorance is bliss, ignorance is bliss Ignore their value Ignore their pain Ignorance is bliss, ignorance is bliss If you ignore the problem They'll cease to exist When you need a scapegoat He's the first one you see Blaming the victim For the life that he leads A bleeding burden Society's plague A creeping virus A hopeless disease Rejected Abandoned Forgotten Forsaken