Rise Songtext
von Winter Hours

Take a brick against the wall
Of blank glass three feet thick
You′ve been in here far too long
You're getting sick, you′re getting sick
They boarded up your buildings
Bound you with our chains
In the ruins of your liberty
You'll go insane, yeah, go insane

When will we learn how to rise?
When will we learn how to rise?

They keep you digging at the dunes
'Til blood runs from your eyes
Ruin you with promises
The city lies, the city lies
Driven to the burning plain
You′ve been deceived again
You arm yourselves with charity
Well, charity won′t set you free, yeah


When will we learn how to rise?
When will we learn how to rise?

Circles and your crosses drawn
Broken bottles sing
Hear the revolution song
You hear them ringin', hear them ringin′
Buildings fall in revelry
In all their rows of steel
A banker drunk on usuries
Made to kneel, yeah, made to kneel

When will we learn how to rise?
When will we learn how to rise?


What is this called?
This slave ship sails bottom
Streets covered in refuse, tumbling
Illiterate streets mumble
Nights in a vacuum, watch
Step inside this great fortress
No one hears you howling outside
Step inside this great fortress
And raise your voices louder
Can you raise your voices louder?
Can you raise?

When will we learn how to rise?
When will we learn how to rise?
When will we learn how to rise?
When will we learn how to rise?