Rise Up (Judgement is Coming)

[Intro | Piano Only | Soft | Heavy] [Verse 1 | Female Vocal | Tender | Wounded] There's a little girl tonight who doesn't understand Why they took her father with the zip ties on his hands She'll carry this forever - every nightmare, every scream While somewhere another child learns hate reigns supreme They teach them in the churches with the Bible in their grip Family values on the tongue but cruelty on the lips What lesson do your children learn when mama cheers the pain? That some lives matter less than others but claim all lives matter - its insane [Verse 2 | Male Vocal | Controlled Anger | Building] They came for those who fled the wars we started with our bombs Sent them back to torture while they claim to be righting wrongs A million feet on pavement and they call us paid agitators We have vigils in the darkness and they paint us with their anger But I've seen the volunteers who document the crime Standing at the fences - bearing witness to our time [Pre-Chorus | Duet | Desperate | Strings Swell] They look us in the eyes and lie and call it law and order While chaos wears a uniform and terror guards the border The bots spread their poison and the faithful click and share And somewhere in the algorithm - they're manufacturing despair [Chorus | Choir Enters | Powerful | Aching] But we see you Through the smoke and through the screen - we see you We will not look away We see you Every child and every mother - we see you We remember every name We know this terror well - there's nothing new beneath the sun They erase the history while repeating what they've done Our ancestors knew this feeling - terrors in the dark of night Every generation called to stand and fight [Verse 3 | Male Vocal | Breaking Open | Raw] I think about my daughter and the world she's gonna face I think about my neighbor and the fear that took his place His family built a business and they built it brick by brick Now the windows shuttered up because his workers called in sick Not sick with any fever - sick with terror, sick with dread Afraid to show their faces for the target on their head And the ones who wave the flag and say they're making something great They're just teaching their children that the answer is to hate [Pre-Chorus | Duet | United | Full Band] So let them call us traitors - let them call us what they will We've seen this script before and we know how tyrants kill With the paperwork and policies that make the murder clean But we're the ones who stay awake - we know what we have seen [Chorus | Full Choir | Anthemic | Soaring] And we see you Through the lies and through the fear - we see you Every hand upon the fence We see you Every voice that won't be silenced - we see you This is not the end. Judgment is coming. We know this hatred well - our ancestors knew this night They burn the books that teach it while they strike the same match twice Nothing new about this evil dressed in red and white and blue We remember what they're hiding - and we're tired through and through [Bridge | Choir A Cappella | Haunting then Building] Ohhh... ohhh... They thought we'd look away Ohhh... ohhh... Not today... not today... [Verse 4 | Duet Unison | Resolute | Stripped to Piano then Building] Every movement starts with someone standing in the road Every revolution starts with someone sharing what they know They want us tired and broken - want us fighting with ourselves But we've been here before - we know these actions well From the buses to the bridges and the marches that we crossed Every generation pays the price history knows the cost So light your candle, find your people, raise your voice up high This is how we've always done it - this is how we rise [Final Chorus | Choir Swells | Triumphant | Full Orchestra] So rise up For the children and the mothers - rise up We will not look away Rise up For the ones who cannot fight back - rise up We are the new day This is not the ending - it's the moment we begin This is not surrender - we have everything to win Rise up - rise up - rise up [Outro | Voices Layered | Defiant | Building to Peak] Rise up... rise up... rise up... We remember Rise up... rise up... rise up... We are the answer (Choir peaks) (Silence) (Reject their violence) (We wont be silent) (Reject their violence) (We wont go silent) (We wont go silent)