How much further have we gotten did you say?. 200 years ago we still had slavery and a yellow plague.. 100 years ago we had our boys in the mines while their wives and children were starving.
Selma, Alabama, 1965, tried to walk across the bridge. never mad it home alive. first they got beaten down by the sheriff's hand,. then they got shot down by the klan.
We're the ones and you're looking up at us. Saying be the ones, be the ones. You're the ones and we're looking up to you. Saying you're the ones. . We're the ones and you're keeping us alive.
I have had enough, buying ashes with my love. I don't need this, I don't need this. I'm pursuing counterfeit. I'm worth so much more than this. I don't need it, well, I don't need it.
A song is hidden in the wind, written for you. Filter the noise and have a listen, a moment or two. You'll find the strength in you. To fade the scars, the black and blue and stand tall.
I never thought it'd come so soon. I'd be with you inside this room. Heaven's taking you from me. Your hand grows weak, it's telling me it's time to leave.
You wanna change, it's written on your face. You feel alone, a little out of place. You hide away the scars and the mistakes. You've been tired, uninspired, something's gotta to give.
We are here together, its been so long. Ive waited forever for this day to come. And I wont leave you alone tonight. Youre my heart moving life inside.
She's a bright light, look for too long and you'll go blind. Losing sight of the line. She's a bright light, it's hard to run once she's inside. While you feel alive, she's watching you die.