LYRICS
1. THE END
2. EVERYBODY'S SONG
3. THE BEST WE CAN DO
4. BREAKING OFF
5. CAN WE FIND PEACE
6. TAKE BACK YOUR HEROES
7. THE STRUGGLE
8. WE'LL GET THROUGH
9. OUR ONLY HOPE
10. IMPRESSIONS
THE END
10,000 gather on the mountain,
waiting for the sun to go away
Prophets and charlatans calling,
telling us to change our ways And I say (3x)
Is it coming to an end today, Is it coming to an end today
Cause I wanna go home; (2x)
The King is lounging in the courtyard, calling all his jesters to play
Can you jump, can you dance, can you laugh, and forget your past
While all dignity flows away
And the king is proud as he moves the crowd,
All his words are wrong but he shouts them loud,
While doubters watch in dismay
Is it coming to an end today, Is it coming to an end today
Cause it’s time to move on; (2x) And I say (3x)
Do you believe me now (3x)
Do you believe me
And now I'm sitting on a mountain,
wanna push wanna push the sun away
Left reason standing by the window,
as I walked, as I talked inside the fray And I say (3x)
Is it's coming to an end today, is it's coming to an end today
And it's time to move on (2x) And I say (3x)
Do you believe me now (2x)
Do you believe me
Take me to your leader, Take me to your home
Cause out on the horizon, There's darkness coming on
I see the sun a fadin' The shadows moving fast
There’s a universal feeling, That this could be our last
And it's coming to an end today; And it's coming to an end today
It's time to go home; (2x) And I say (3x)
Do you believe me now (3x)
Do you believe me
EVERYBODY’S SONG
What about the ones who are left behind?
What about the ones who are uninvited?
What about the ones who’ve got no one to fight for them?
I’m glad it’s not me, I’m glad it’s not me
What about the ones who are disenfranchised?
And the ones who don’t see things through privileged eyes?
What about the ones who don’t have any rights?
Well, I’m glad it’s not me, I’m glad it’s not me
We were meant to be indivisible
And have everybody sing, Sing the same song
When America makes you take a knee
We can link our arms, You can sing with me
Because it’s everybody’s song
What about the ones who’ve been beaten down?
What about the ones who were born the wrong color?
What about the ones who don’t trust those in power?
I’m glad it’s not me, I’m glad it’s not me
We were meant to be indivisible
And have everybody sing, Sing the same song
When America makes you take a knee
We can link our arms, You can sing with me
Because it’s everybody’s song
We all get to sing along
What about the ones who were left behind?
What about the ones who were uninvited?
What about the ones who’ve got no one to fight for them?
I’m glad it’s not me, I’m glad it’s not me
THE BEST WE CAN DO
It’s over and there’s no going back
Pushing farther just wears all of the grease off the gears
and shows the things that we lack
And it’s over, you can’t turn it around
A decade of water rushing under the bridge eroded all of the ground
The heat of the day made our tempers raise
And we said the things we swore we’d never say
They dug in and cut in such a terrible way
The best we can do
Is call it finished and know it can’t be redone
And forgive all the ones who didn’t know what they did
when they were just having fun
It’s dead to me, though it doesn’t mean I don’t believe
That it might be good still for somebody else without the baggage we bring
The strain of the years made our tempers flare
And we did the things we swore we’d never dare
And the balance broke and cannot be repaired
The best we can do
Where? Where did you hear that one? Well, I’ll admit it is a good one.
I would advise that from here on out, you first fact check before you post it
‘Cause we are musical, we aren’t magical
We can’t salvage things that don’t want any saving
All we can do, the best we can do
Is divide everything that’s left behind
You take yours and you haul it away and I’ll gather mine
And say goodbye.
BREAKING OFF
What is this confusion
Did I forget the refrain
Have I lost another, memory
A title, a story, a name
I stare into the distance but the sharpness starts to fade
I'm clinging to this mountain that is crumbling in the waves
And it's breaking off, breaking off, breaking off, piece by piece
Breaking off, breaking off, breaking off, piece by piece
All my friends seem just like strangers
My mind veiled behind a shroud
Maybe sleep will rearrange things
But I'm awakened by imaginary sounds
Lost inside a world that feels so different but unchanged
Something's going wrong inside my mind just can't explain
And it's breaking off, breaking off, breaking off, piece by piece
Breaking off, breaking off, breaking off, piece by piece
Why are all these pieces moving
I can't recall all the rules that I have read
My recognition is in hiding
Has something slipped inside my head
What's this, what's that, don't know the purpose of this game
Lost lines, lost facts, I know I'll never be the same
‘Cause it's breaking off breaking off Piece by piece
Breaking off, breaking off, breaking off, piece by piece
Gotta believe, gotta believe, it's only temporary
Gotta believe, gotta believe it's gone change
But it just fades, piece by piece
It's Breaking off, breaking off, breaking off, piece by piece
CAN WE FIND PEACE
Watchmen on the wall are calling, fear is on the rise
The time for talking is done
Lines are drawn and all the reasons are justified
No turning back on what we've begun
Can we find peace? Can we find hope?
Maybe we can still save us all
Can we find love? And a little compassion
Maybe we can still save us all
And the dawn is rising on our judgement day
Gods and generals they gather round
They're gonna lead us all on the path of glory now
And the winner will get to write all the history down
Can we find peace? Can we find hope?
Maybe we can still save us all
Can we find love? And a little compassion
Maybe we can still save us all
Can we find peace
I think we're all in this together
I think we all could live as one
TAKE BACK YOUR HEROES
Pitchforks and torches, and angry white men
Hate fills up my television screen
Our leader says nothing, too many people have died
There's not two sides to everything
Chorus 1: Take back your heroes, what do they even mean
Hatred is not the same as history
You white wash the stories so the ugly's picked clean
Then you pretend that this is our legacy, this is our legacy
Who are the masses, and what do they see
Light a candle and pray for peace
What are we thinking, who do we believe
There's not two sides to everything
Chorus 2: Take back your heroes, what do they even mean
Topple those symbols of history
You white wash the stories so the ugly's picked clean
Then you pretend that this is our legacy, this is our legacy
THE STRUGGLE
Born into power with princes, Given your fortune and fame
But do you feel our pain? With your royal name
So many doors you had opened, so many privileges claimed
But do you see our pain? Or do you think we're to blame
So we struggle with the mighty, for generations thru
How long oh how long
Lost in the valley of refuge, with a promise to be free
But I wonder, is that promise for me
They gave us great expectations and a hope that we could never spend
‘Cause now I see, The hope's not for me
So we struggle with the mighty, and they string us along
How long oh how long
What a world we've created for the privileged few
I don't think that’s what we were meant to do
What a world we've created for the privileged few
It's not for me and I don't think it's for you
Picking up pieces of promise, looking for a common thread
But how do we know, which brings life or death
So we pick up the struggle, ‘cause the mighty could be wrong
How long oh how long
So we take up that mantel, and we shout out a song, How long oh how long
WE'LL GET THROUGH
Sometimes, I don’t even know myself; I don’t recognize this heart
Beating all this blood that’s Seeping through the cracks
And messing up the floor; And I know oh if I’m in this alone
Without you on my team; there’s no hope for me
And I might as well be done; And just head on out the door
‘Cause when shit gets hard as it’s known to do
If I’m fighting through life; I wanna fight next to you
I’ll watch your back; You’ll hold my hand, And we’ll get through;
I never knew what kind of battles I’d face
But I thank God they didn’t scare you away
You are so brave; We’re walking in grace
I think we’ll get through;
Time, it has leveled greater things; May try to bring us to our knees
You can use me as a crutch, Although I know I’m not that much
Might be enough to get you by
I aim to one day learn to give the right way;
To show you how you set me right
How you changed my life;
When I die, may it be in peace; Knowing you were here with me
Dreaming all those dreams; And then patching up the holes
So that they could come true
‘Cause when shit gets hard like it’s known to do
If I’m fighting through life; I wanna fight next to you
I’ll watch your back; You’ll hold my hand; And we’ll get through;
I never knew what kind of battles I’d face
But I thank God they didn’t scare you away
You are so brave; we’re walking in grace
I think we’ll get through
OUR ONLY HOPE
Fresh faced little baby welcome to world today
You don’t know the things yet that’ll make you want to run away
Make you want to run away
And hide your face ‘cause you’re ashamed
Make you want to run away
Big man on the tv saying all the ugly things
Nobody gets to count unless they think the way he thinks
Unless they think the way he thinks
Turns out we were never really free
I don’t think the way he thinks
Well there’s something about coming together
Yeah there’s something about trying to make a place better
But we got turned on our head, We got divided and conquered
Because it tore us down, yeah we let him tear us down
Fresh faced little baby you could be our only hope
I swear that I’ll protect from the poison while you try to grow
Sometimes all it takes is something new to interrupt your gaze
And break you from stupor of “we’ve always done it this way’
We’ve always done it this way
Always done it this way
Maybe now it’s time to change
There’s something that we, we’ve always taken for granted
We’re got the freedom to speak, We’ve got the freedom to stand up
But when the wrong things catch on, and start to hurt other people
That’s not how you’ll be raised, no that’s not what we will teach you
Because there’s something about, hey people coming together
And there’s something about trying to make a place better
But we got turned on our head, we got divided and conquered
And we let him make a dirty bed, I won’t lie down
We’ve always done it this way
Always done it this way
Maybe now it’s time to change
IMPRESSIONS
Did I really show you something
you would have never seen
Did I really say some words
that altered everything
So many years have passed without me knowing,
all you've lived and all you’ve done
And nothing but memories hung around
Time moved on without a sound
Maybe I don't know what I laid down
15 years can turn to 30 faster than we know
We’re so busy finding our roles in our own picture show
I tried to slow it down
but you know it just moved on and
nothing but memories hung around
Well waybe I don't know what I laid down
Can we come back; Can we come back
Can we come back, can we play it all again (2x)
But would it change the End
Now I'm visiting my past in a different age
And I'm reading words from a brand new page
You're telling me our stories in a way,
That I never heard before
So maybe our words they hung around
Maybe our they words hung around
Cause we don't really know, (2x)
The impressions we laid down
A fond farewell and thank you for a good time
The music and the memories last a lifetime