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From a room in a house on a hill |
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The world can change on the turn of a will |
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Ooh, there's no need to remind us |
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Ooh, you're killing us with kindness |
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On the left (x3) |
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A desolate horizon |
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On the right (x3) |
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A destiny is rising |
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We forget (x3) |
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The signs and implications |
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We deny (x3) |
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Our final condemnation |
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From the dust of oppression and foes |
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We have risen from our chains |
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Now the rust of complacency grows |
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as we give it all away |
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How did our conscience get so seared |
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that we could all stand by |
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as victory disappears before your eyes? |
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We can fight against corruption |
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We can stand for what is true |
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But we fall when we surrender |
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to the corporation view |
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And our faith can only offer |
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what we faithfully pursue |
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I promise you, I promise you |
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On the left (x3) |
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Apostasy has spoken |
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On the right (x3) |
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Our promises are broken |
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All the things we believe in and know |
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fall like targets in a war |
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All the thoughts we were thinking long ago |
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have become unthinkable |
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How did our conscience get so seared |
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that we could all stand by |
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as history disappears before your eyes? |
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We can fight against corruption |
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We can stand for what is true |
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But we fall when we surrender |
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to the corporation view |
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And our faith can only offer |
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what we faithfully pursue |
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I promise you, I promise you |
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It's a silent revolution as so thoughtfully |
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we're persuaded 'til we're crushed and jaded |
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Feigning ignorance, faking innocence |
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to belie our inner voice |
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They shoot us with ideology, kill with policy, |
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so protection overrides objection |
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Contemplation a violation |
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'Til the memory of freedom is gone (x2) |
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We can fight against corruption |
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We can stand for what is true |
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But we fall when we surrender |
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to the corporation view |
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And our faith can only offer |
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what we faithfully pursue |
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I promise you, I promise you |
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(x2) |