We watched another year go by With fire in the news and smoke in the sky People losing time, people losing pay Trying to hold on through another hard day Kids looking down, losing hope in their eyes While the grown-ups argue over truth and lies Ban this, share that, pick a side, stay mad Forgetting all the good that we still could have Pre-Chorus From the streets full of signs To the lines we draw inside From the battles on the screen To the dreams we leave behind Chorus On this day, let’s make a change Raise our hands, take a stand, start again For the people, for the young, for the broken and brave For the ones who still believe there’s a better way On this day, we rise, we say No more wasting our lives in hate Red and white, under one sky Canada, it’s time to try Verse 2 We’ve seen bombs fall from clouds like rain And families carry another kind of pain We’ve seen colour turned into another divide When we should be standing on the same side Money gets lost, and power gets sold While the truth feels heavy and the world feels cold But the people still gather, still march, still pray Still look for a reason to believe today Pre-Chorus From the anger in our hands To the fear across the land We can tear each other down Or finally understand Chorus On this day, let’s make a change Raise our hands, take a stand, start again For the people, for the young, for the broken and brave For the ones who still believe there’s a better way On this day, we rise, we say No more wasting our lives in hate Red and white, under one sky Canada, it’s time to try Bridge Not just fireworks in the night Not just flags in the morning light Not just songs that we sing then forget But a promise we haven’t kept yet For every child who stopped dreaming out loud For every voice that got lost in the crowd For every family trying to survive Let this be the day we come alive Final Chorus On this day, let’s make a change Raise our hands, take a stand, start again For the people, for the young, for the broken and brave For the ones who still believe there’s a better way On this day, we rise, we say No more wasting our lives in hate Red and white, under one sky Canada, it’s time to try Outro Start with love, start with truth Start with us, start with youth On this day, we start new Canada, we stand for you 12m ago
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