All night long, I tried to sleep but sleep refused to come 'Cause today I knew, I'd either have to fight or run Knowin' if I choose to run my mind would
Of my two best stories you're the one that I don't tell So don't worry, Josephina, you know that your secret's safe with me Oh, the mystery that surrounds
We've heard you talk about us We know you could live without us We know authority would rather fight than unite We know our rights and we have none But
Your revolution is a joke A placebo for the people Cliches keep them subdued Rhetoric from days gone by to generate revenue What can you hope to gain
My faith has been tested This world keeps closing in I try to maintain a sense of myself Your identity identifies me Without sight I find myself falling
Industrialize and water down Invade divide and conquer Modernize westernize Assimilate the landscape Strip the land of it's history Rip the heart from
Rise above This system based on murder Satisfaction of our hunger Depends on the blood of others We pull the end nearer and nearer Because we refuse to
Running around in circles Always trying to please you I just wanted you to see My life had meaning and I was doing something real I tried explaining But
I watch My generation going down in flames Tell me why can't we change, why do we sit back We'll never have control over the lives that we have chosen
If you're waiting for forgiveness You should know I won't forget Do those lies weigh in your conscience Cause I can't let this rest Not this time Because
That's right Turn and walk away Because you just don't get it When it's not spelled out for you When it's not forced down your throat You need to think
A million miles from nowhere My faith shattered, ego bruised I shut my eyes and hope it all goes away But I return again I come back To the ones who care
Don't hold me up to be Something that I'm not I never said I had all the answers Or that I didn't make mistakes You need someone to believe in But I'm
In these days of darkness Ruled by fear and hate Struggling with our conscience Only serves to defeat Giving up is no answer Giving in proves no cure
Silent for so long In a world that's turned to gray No truth or voiced opinion As our youth gets stripped away Days fade into years Have we lost the will
So much left unsaid It's so hard to turn and walk away I never knew how little time we had The things I look for granted All I let slip away When I should
Go Point your finger Shake your head Denial in your eyes Explain away the images With propaganda and lies Justify the wrongs committed Then hide behind
I refuse to sit back and watch the days go by Content with doing nothing, hands held by my side Now's the time to rise up and truly make a change We can