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When faith alone is not enough,
To keep our heads barely above,
We look for reason and come up empty-handed.
And when our children fight our wars,
While we sit back just keeping score,
We're teaching murder not understanding now.
We're setting the fires to light the way,
We're burning it all to begin again,
With hope in our hearts and bricks in our hands,
We sing for change
The lives we bury sons that lay
We'll cancel debts we've yet to pay,
How could we justify anything now,
As long as we blindly obey and do exactly what they say,
We'll have no one to blame but ourselves now.
We're setting the fires to light the way,
We're burning it all to begin again,
With hope in our hearts and bricks in our hands,
We sing for change.
We run on the fumes of injustice,
We'll never die with the fuel that you give us,
Keep it coming 'cause I'm prepared to burn,
Keep running from me at every turn.
Your life around,
(into something true, into something true)
So turn your life around,
(into something true, something true)
We're setting the fires to light the way,
We're burning it all to begin again,
With hope in our hearts and bricks in our hands,
We sing for change.
To keep our heads barely above,
We look for reason and come up empty-handed.
And when our children fight our wars,
While we sit back just keeping score,
We're teaching murder not understanding now.
We're burning it all to begin again,
With hope in our hearts and bricks in our hands,
We sing for change
We'll cancel debts we've yet to pay,
How could we justify anything now,
As long as we blindly obey and do exactly what they say,
We'll have no one to blame but ourselves now.
We're burning it all to begin again,
With hope in our hearts and bricks in our hands,
We sing for change.
We'll never die with the fuel that you give us,
Keep it coming 'cause I'm prepared to burn,
Keep running from me at every turn.
(into something true, into something true)
So turn your life around,
(into something true, something true)
We're burning it all to begin again,
With hope in our hearts and bricks in our hands,
We sing for change.
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Woohoo! First comment! this is a great work of punk. It talks about revolution, it's anti-war, and it has a really fast pace. "We run on fumes of injustice, we'll never die with the fuel that you give us." That line is my favorite.
Yes, this is a great punk rock anthem. It's pretty obvious that this song is about trying to change the world and not listening to everyone who says it's perfectly fine. "They sing for change", rather than many musicians, who sing for money and fame. It's great to see that Rise Against is still sticking to their original values.
Its the rise against punk rock motto.....think of this as children of bodoms - hatecrew deathroll
I love this song. Soo kick ass. Yeah I think it's pretty self-explanitory, and Lightning.J pretty much covered everything. Really awesome song.
love it love it. the only political band i like.
anti-war. change the world.
"we sing for change."
i tip my hat to Tim McIlrath.
obviously about peace right? i love rise against and this song
theyre the only hardcore rock band i know of that wants peace and thats why theyre so dammm fine
obviously about peace right? i love rise against and this song
theyre the only hardcore rock band i know of that wants peace and thats why theyre so dammm fine
Well, you haven't been listening to hardcore and punk for very long then.
im beginning to have a bone to pick with tjech over here... have you ever posted a positive comment? show me the way if you have. you must be the biggest pessimist ever...
anyhow, this is a great anthem, and yes the meaning is pretty self explanatory...
rise against rock.