Stand Up

Lyrics

[Part I: STAND UP (PART 1)] So why do you wait until the darkness comes up to your door For it to bother you? And when do you learn the world is dark and those who bear the light Will pay for being true? They're telling you be a big tall boy, go and make some noise Don't you wish sometimes we were less like gentle men Knew how to give the world a hand There must be a way to stand up! The young and the old. Lives got cut off all the time while life For you it was too good to undеrstand It was under your nose, through the yеars while you were having fun Thinking about your favourite bands Tell me what were you supposed to either say or do? Don't you wish sometimes God would stop being a gentleman Step in, give us all a hand, and show us a way to stand up! Is there a way to stand up? [Part II: RAIN] Now you say we need to look out for our own Your patrons must have been enthralled And you can print whatever justifies (Your pocket) You don't abuse that freedom much at all So we all went along with this They were criminal chance scoundrels spoiling for a war I must admit I was afraid, watching daily every hour But we failed to read the truth and it's only getting sourer Still I guess that we can live in a world of so much pain As long as we are in the warm, as long as we can stay protected from the rain We never want for anything if want is something we'd have to cross the ocean for To kick our kids above the waterline, witness all their potential washed ashore We walked by on the other side No we just couldn't wait to get our heads back in the sand But we've progressed to 'refugee' from the previous 'migrant swarm' Now that innocence is lost and enough tears shed for a tropic storm I guess that we can live in a world of so much pain As long as we can still be dry, as long as we're allowed to stay out of the rain God forgive us every one for all we haven't done There's just no way that I can turn it into poetry or song It's too tragic and I won't even try, I have to say it to myself as well as you 'Cause to look in the mirror these days is frankly all that I can do [Instrumental Break] So why do you wait until the darkness comes up to the door For it to bother you? And when do we learn the world is dark and those who bear the light Pay for being true? [Part III: CALM YOURSELVES CHILDREN] Gonna take the world back, are we, or at least you'll get them on their guard You're gonna coexist with nobody, 'cause who wants to work that hard? Calm yourselves now you children - we'd be children to rise to your bait We're so sorry you got here just a couple millennia too late So now you case for all the entrances with a devastating plan And a mind fixed on a higher law, too shaky to understand Still the human race can go so far, we'll have to turn the years right back Calm yourselves now you children - we'd be children to rise to your bait We're so sorry you got here just a couple millennia too late Calm yourselves now you children - we'd be children to rise to your bait [Part IV: YOUR HOLY WAR] Look at you faithful, you great re enslaved Fighting for freedom from the so-called depraved They are not human no Though they may cry and bleed the way you do Just do what you're told to do while the leaders empowered minds and hearts Press on, continue to tear lives apart What evil you advocate Building some world where everyone's the same While the planet reels in pain Here's hoping for a light to expose all you thought was right Turn once again I pray, wash the blood on your hands away How can you be so sure what on earth it was all done for Like there will ever be a greater lie out of hell than your holy war How far will you go? (if you're not culpable) How far can you be pushed? (you're not responsible) How far will you go? (you're not accountable) How long will you go on? Look at us soldiers, directionless ones Stopping at nothing to be those who've won What evil we tolerate What armageddon we'll expect thanks for When we're at the Maker's door Here's hoping for a light to expose all we thought was right The lives paid in service due to a God that we never knew While every angel cries, shaking, shielding each other's eyes How can we be so sure what an earth is was all done for How can there ever be a greater lie out of hell than this holy war [Part V: STAND UP (PART 2)] 'If the people you follow are teaching you to hate and fear, to exclude people for any reason, then they are not sent by Me, even if they say they are.' 'Holiness turns the other cheek knowing God has it all on account.' Do I get out of the rain? Do I stay out of danger's way? No way, Padre! Stand up like big tall boys, but it won't be with guns that we make our noise Stand up like we all must do, but it won't be a sword that pushes us through There's a sacrifice to make and songs that must be sung We'll build a world for everyone if we stand up Stand up, do it with your prayer Set your fears aside, cast away your care (The world is crying for you) Stand up with the love that you've found Let compassion reign strong, spread that good stuff around (The world is crying for you) There's a planet out there where goodwill is crumbling down You know our only option now is to stand up There's a truth that must be told - the one true war was won We'll build a world for everyone if we stand up And our only option now is to Stand up Stand up Stand up Stand up