If Hope Dies
Let Freedom Ring (from The Taco Liberty Bell)
we must bend the bars
of these cages around our hearts
deconstruct the confines
of a weary existence
smash apart the stones
piled high upon our chests
and take in our first
breaths of freedom
there is no waiting for
life to come strike us
we must seek it out
if we are to feel it's touch
and i resolve to seize each day
and not let go until
my hands can't hold
we
must not
separate ourselves from life
cherish and prize each breath
taken upon this earth
this is our only chance
one life, and then it's over
you've just got to decide
if you'll live life on your knees
a clear choice
between revolution and apathy
if the pain is too much,
you can look to me
i'll be there to help you up,
up to your feet
we must forge a path
straight through to the light
raise ourselves up before
we fade into the night
sinking down we are drowning
in a pool of despair
watching as our lives are
wrenched away from our hands
this is the match
held to the fuse
the spark that will
ignite change
we'll sift through the
wreckage left behind
and dance among the
ruins of our prisons
Who Died And Made Us King?
through pure arrogance
mankind has staked its claim
it's left its mark upon
all that surrounds us
there is a darkness rising overhead
shadows that are converging and closing in
we've set forth to conquer
every last inch of land
burning down and plowing over
everything in our path
our numbers explode
six billion lives
that this world can't hold
like a plague of locusts we spread
from one side of this earth, to the next
heedless, of the destruction
wrought by our hands
we continute to subjugate
the land
in the name of selfishness
in the name of greed
we have ignored our impact
on this planet's longevity
we look to the heavens
for the drawing of our paths
forsaking all that's present
for empty promises
never once have we stopped
to question the assumption
that we have the knowledge
to dictate what lives and dies
what lives and dies
never have we
stopped to question
the assumption
of man's dominion
there is a darkness rising overhead
enshrouding us
shadows that are closing in
bearing down
the long ignored prices
of progress
for love ,
of this world
for the future,
of mankind
we've got to turn
back this tide
Let Freedom Ring (from The Taco Liberty Bell)
we must bend the bars
of these cages around our hearts
deconstruct the confines
of a weary existence
smash apart the stones
piled high upon our chests
and take in our first
breaths of freedom
there is no waiting for
life to come strike us
we must seek it out
if we are to feel it's touch
and i resolve to seize each day
and not let go until
my hands can't hold
we
must not
separate ourselves from life
cherish and prize each breath
taken upon this earth
this is our only chance
one life, and then it's over
you've just got to decide
if you'll live life on your knees
a clear choice
between revolution and apathy
if the pain is too much,
you can look to me
i'll be there to help you up,
up to your feet
we must forge a path
straight through to the light
raise ourselves up before
we fade into the night
sinking down we are drowning
in a pool of despair
watching as our lives are
wrenched away from our hands
this is the match
held to the fuse
the spark that will
ignite change
we'll sift through the
wreckage left behind
and dance among the
ruins of our prisons
Who Died And Made Us King?
through pure arrogance
mankind has staked its claim
it's left its mark upon
all that surrounds us
there is a darkness rising overhead
shadows that are converging and closing in
we've set forth to conquer
every last inch of land
burning down and plowing over
everything in our path
our numbers explode
six billion lives
that this world can't hold
like a plague of locusts we spread
from one side of this earth, to the next
heedless, of the destruction
wrought by our hands
we continute to subjugate
the land
in the name of selfishness
in the name of greed
we have ignored our impact
on this planet's longevity
we look to the heavens
for the drawing of our paths
forsaking all that's present
for empty promises
never once have we stopped
to question the assumption
that we have the knowledge
to dictate what lives and dies
what lives and dies
never have we
stopped to question
the assumption
of man's dominion
there is a darkness rising overhead
enshrouding us
shadows that are closing in
bearing down
the long ignored prices
of progress
for love ,
of this world
for the future,
of mankind
we've got to turn
back this tide