There's a struggle coming, but to conquer
First they must divide
The machines keep humming night and day
How are we so unaware
Why are you not afraid?

Protests are drumming
While you turn your nose and roll your eyes
Knee-jerk reactions so ingrained
Judging from an arm chair

Cause there is hate
And there is love and there is loss
But there is light and there is dark
Then there is us
And wheather this world burns
Is none of your concern
Caught up in a ticker-tape parade

I have learned to stand up
And just to walk away
Sometimes the cold hearts
Aren't worth the love or the hate
Learn to let go, learn to walk away
Up from the shadows
I'm seduced by the light of the flame
But this time I'm here to stay

Gunpowder residue
Bright lights and turpentine
True colors shining through
As we are stripped of our exteriors

Now, 'cause there is hate
And there is love and there is loss
But there is right and there is wrong
Then there is us
We're falling until we learn to stand up
And just to walk away
Sometimes the cold hearts
Aren't worth the love or the hate
Learn to let go, learn to walk away
Up from the shadows
I'm seduced by the light of the flame
But this time I'm here to stay

Feet first into the quicksand
Every day we are surrendering
Never straying from the game plan
I keep hoping you will take my hand and stand up

The water's overflowing
The walls are breaking
But I know where
I'm going, that we can make it
And there's a light still glowing
And I will chase it
And I've been lost before
And I have been led astray
But this time I'm here to stay