Rise Up and Sing

Down, down, buddy won't you come down
We could use somebody like you around
Don't tell me you don't hear that sound
Down don't you wanna come down?

It feels so good to take the fall
Falling up over one and all
Rise my brother, if you hear the call
Rise up over it all

Just fall, fall, fall right in
Into the water we're swimming in
Wash the dirt right off your skin
I'll tell you it ain't no sin

To breathe it in and shout it out
The back of your head right out your mouth
It's all so clear, no need to doubt
Just need to get loud

So rise up and sing
Hear all the bells start to ring
Stand in the light of our sun
And look down on your friends in the shade

Down, down, don't you wanna come down
Don't you wanna fight and scream and shout
Don't you wanna know what it's all about?
Down, don't you wanna come down?

Just say who is and who is not
What's a pure and unpure thought
What is evil and must be fought
And what is just your lot

Either rose-colored or blood red
You see the ones who haven't plead
Who said the things that can't be said
Who might as well drop dead

So just feel, feel, feel the thrall
Of righteous fury and rising gall
All we know is that they must fall
Say it, so say we all

So rise up and sing (our song alone in the air)
Hear all the bells start to ring (by our hands alone were they made)
Stand in the light of our sun (brighter than all the shades of gray)
And look down on your friends in the shade

Down, down, it tumbled on down
Mother to child, father to crowd
Learn to be wicked, learn to be proud
Down, do we all fall down?

It's in your mind, it's in your blood
Running through you since the day you begun
But know you're not the only one
No you're not the only one

Feel, feel, feel the weight
It's all too big and it's all too late
That don't mean it'll be our fate
But feel, I feel the weight

Breathe, breathe, breathe it out
I know you can hear that sound
Quiet, getting louder now
It's in the air, it's in the ground
It's everywhere, it's all around
But down, do you wanna go down?