Ohhh... No...[Intro] [Verse 1] You were 8 years old when they put the fear in you, If you don't bow your head you'll burn. You were 15 working when you learned the other half, The boss says bow your head and you don't earn. Now you're 30-something with a mortgage and a kid, And you're still waiting for someone to kick the door in. Watching the sky, watching the news, Waiting for a dead man to come do what only you can do. [Pre-Chorus] They said be patient. They said be small. They said your suffering is noble. They said that while they took it all. No dead man is coming back to save us, No hole in the clouds gonna open up. No trumpet, no return, no judgment day to even it out, Just us down here in the mud and the blood. It's only the living that can save the living, Only these hands, only this heart, only right now. So wake up. Wake up from the scam. Wake up.[Chorus] [Verse 2] I got an uncle who gave every paycheck to a church, Died with nothing but a bible on his chest. I got a cousin who gave her whole life to a flag, Came home in a box and they gave her mom a folded mess. They tell you to die for something later, So you don't fight for something now. They tell you your reward is coming, Man, look around. Look around. No dead man is coming back to save us, No ghost, no king, no hero in the grave. You can pray at the stone all you want, brother, That stone ain't moving, you gotta move yourself. It's only the living that can save the living, Only the breathing, bleeding, standing up somehow. So wake up. Wake up from the scam. Wake up.[Chorus] [Verse 3] This ain't about hate, this is about love, Real love don't make you wait on your knees. Real love says get up, your kids need dinner, Real love says build it here, build it with these. They built a whole empire on you looking up, While they pick your pockets looking down. The scam is you think you're powerless, The scam is you think you need a crown to wear a crown. [Bridge - Half Time, All Heart] So listen to me. If no one told you today, You are not worthless. You are not broken. You are not a sinner waiting to be saved. You are the savior you been waiting on. You are the hands. You are the plan. You are the only miracle that's ever happened in this goddamn town. So take a stand. For your mother. For your brother who can't stand up for himself. For the kid you were when they first lied to you. [Breakdown - Shouted] GET UP! GET UP OFF YOUR KNEES! THEY NEED YOU ON YOUR KNEES! WE NEED YOU ON YOUR FEET! [Verse 4 - Quiet, then building] They will call you crazy, they will call you lost, When you stop paying for your own cage. They will say you've lost your way, But you just finally found your rage. And rage is holy when it's for the living, And rage is righteous when it's for the truth. We ain't waiting on the clouds to part no more, We're parting them ourselves. [Final Chorus - Full Band, Gang Vocals] NO DEAD MAN IS COMING BACK TO SAVE US! SO WE GOTTA SAVE OURSELVES! NO DEAD MAN IS COMING BACK TO SAVE US! SO WE GOTTA SAVE EACH OTHER NOW! Take a stand! Take a stand! Take a stand! Shoulder to shoulder, hand to hand! They lied for a thousand years, my brother, But it ends. It ends right here. With us. With us. With us awake. With us alive. No dead man coming. We're already here. We're already here. Wake up.[Outro]
