[Verse 1: Hardcore punk male lead, shouted over fast pounding drums and buzzsaw guitars] Hey! First time that you heard me you were jumpin' off your chair Callin' everybody, sayin' somethin's in the air Said it don't belong here, said it's leakin' through the cracks Said you'd hold it at the border with some sandbags on your back So you piled up your opinions and you packed 'em down with clay Wrote a letter to the river and you told it, "Go away" But the river doesn't argue and the river doesn't care It just backs up to your ankles and it waits for you right there [Pre-Hook: Hardcore punk male lead, drums pounding every beat] C'mon, build it higher, put your back into the wall Every inch you hold me under is another foot of fall [Hook: Hardcore punk male lead, full band] Go on and dam it, stack the concrete to the sky Every foot you hold me back, the water's climbin' high You built a wall to stop me, now the turbines start to spin Damn it, man, your porch light's runnin' on me again [Verse 2: Hardcore punk male lead, faster, overdriven bass guitar driving] Second year you went pro with it, hired a crew to pour Every comment was a bucket, every rant another floor Called a meetin' at the town hall, put a picture on the screen Said, "We gotta hold the line before it gets into the stream" And you did it! What a structure! It's the biggest in the state Got a road across the top of it, a plaque, a ribbon, a date But you never read the blueprint, never asked what beavers know That the bigger that you build it, the more power when I go [Pre-Hook: Hardcore punk male lead, drums pounding every beat] C'mon, build it higher, put your back into the wall Every inch you hold me under is another foot of fall [Hook: Hardcore punk male lead, full band] Go on and dam it, stack the concrete to the sky Every foot you hold me back, the water's climbin' high You built a wall to stop me, now the turbines start to spin Damn it, man, your porch light's runnin' on me again [Verse 3: Hardcore punk male lead, hoarse and grinning, guitars grinding] Now there's cable off the top of it and runnin' down the hill Into every house in town, and yours is hooked up to it still You're up typin' after midnight that I'm drownin' out the land With your screen lit up by me and all that power in your hand Your refrigerator hums me and your kettle's boilin' slow Every bulb above your kitchen sink is buzzin' with my show [Breakdown: Hardcore punk male lead, spillway, guitars stacking chord on chord, then pouring over] Hey! Higher! Whoa! Higher! Every wall you built just made me louder Hey! Higher! Whoa! Higher! Every brick you laid turned into horsepower [Final Hook: Hardcore punk male lead, full band, everything pouring over the top] Go on and dam it, stack the concrete to the sky Every foot you hold me back, the water's climbin' high You built a wall to stop me, now the turbines start to spin Damn it, man, your porch light's runnin' on me again [End]
