. Gathering candles, but not their tongues. And too much blood has flown from the wrist, Of children shamed for those they chose to kiss. Who will rise
: I have my mother's dreams, I have my father's eyes, You can't take that from me, Just go ahead and try. The crescent city sleeps, While giants in the
: awake at the bottom of the barrels we cry out so ashamed of our tears that we blame only ourselves that's when they win they keep us convinced to lift
: Are there no fighters left here any more? Are we the generation we've been waiting for? Or are we patiently burning Waiting to be saved? Our heroes
: Do you see the world in different colours? Do you see the world in black and grey? Alone in your thoughts How many others Have stood where you stand
: The pain, disorder a cataclysmic dawn we trusted but something has gone wrong we bought it but woke to find it gone and have to 5, 4, 3, 2 the place
: Once upon a time I could take anything, anything. Always stepped in time, regardless of the beat I moved my feet, I carried weight When I could not
final appeal Chorus: The city lines are down The Kerosene's run out The fracturing of all we replied upon Let's shed this unclean skin And start to feel again
: Here along we wander and we roam We cut our teeth in city streets and gutters we call home Await the day the clouds will part Deliver words we know
: We celebrate the downfall with ticker tape parades Oblivious to the fucking mess left lying in the wake "God grant me the strength to let my children
: Like a new day rising Like a calm before the storm Like fog lifting from valleys On the sleeping forest floor Eyes open slowly as the dust is shaken
On shadows cast by the mountain range On calloused soles we find our way Through desperate eyes, we long for the horizon While this sun is rising We
: Hey, man did you hear Your final days are near? A free fall of fire and ice And explosions in the sky A fate that we deserve There's no escaping
: Block the entrances Close the door Seal the exits Because this is war All gave some Some gave all But for what I want to know Chorus: Carry on Don
isn?t what she wants the concrete calls my name again im falling thru the cracks I slip she got down on hands and knees, one ear against the ground,
: There, high on the watchtower Keeping the peace Whatever that means Because you see the world through Crosshairs and tv?s don?t you Ten foot walls
?ve drawn the line With perfect aim, we stand back and throw Glass windows break and it?s all about to blow Lights go out as we pass the torch again In
: I can still remember The words and what they meant As we etched them with our fingers In years of wet cement The days blurred into each other Though
