Rise Songtext
von Flobots

So much pain
We don′t know how to be but angry
Feel infected, like we've got gangrene
Please don′t let anybody try to change me

Me, just me
In the middle of a sea, full of faces, full of faces
Some laugh, some salivate
What's in your alleyway, recycling bins or bullet cases?

It's not equal, it′s not fair
We′re different people, but we're not scared
We ain′t never scared to pave a new path
Make a new street, build a new bridge

Say, can you see by the dawn's early light?
Free slaves runnin′, songs words weren't right, now a new day′s comin'
The few stay stunnin' while the many are handsome
Your soul is alive, but they want it for ransom
The bass drummin′ is the anthem
We step to the heartbeats of our granddaughters and grandsons


And rise together
We rise together, we rise together
We rise together, we rise together
We rise together, we rise together
We rise together, we rise together
We rise together, we rise together
We rise together, we rise together
We rise together, we rise together
We rise

Lost hope and found need
Grounded by your surroundings
Did the walls scream universities
Or you and I verse the T′s?

React automatic and we burst when squeezed
And make 9-11 each emergency
Urgency, amber to red like the turning leaves
Oh please, let the hurting cease

Don't let apathy police the populace, we will march across
Those stereotypes that were marked for us
The answer′s obvious, we switch the consonants
And change the sword to words and lift continents

Rise together, we rise together
We rise together, we rise together
We rise together, we rise together
We rise together, we rise


Rise together, we rise together
We rise together, we rise together
We rise together, we rise together
We rise together, we rise

If you believe in redemption (believe in redemption)
I'm calling to you from another dimension (from another dimension)
If you believe in redemption (believe in redemption)
I′m calling to you from another dimension (from another dimension)
If you believe in redemption (believe in redemption)
I'm calling to you from another dimension (from another dimension)
If you believe in redemption (rise, rise)
I′m calling to you from another dimension (rise, rise)