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A Rising Hope

I wrote this song about 2 years ago. Seems more appropriate today. Peak optimism with me on vocals, bass, and drums.

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At first I stood in disbelief as you killed one of my friends.
Now so many dead friends later seems this shit will never end.
I see what you did there got us fighting amongst ourselves,
As your genetic poisons just flew off of the shelves.
You changed the definitions of our words so many times.
You even changed our laws to try to legitimize your crimes.
You sowed these divisions, this was never about health.
It was always just a game you played to amass your wealth. 
And as your darkness grew, blocking out the light.
You took so much from us, we lost the will to fight. 
But now I hear the sound of the swinging gallows rope.
I can see a new day dawning. I can feel  the rising hope.

Millions of our loved ones now lie rotting in their graves.
Their deaths taught us a lesson,  never be silent or behave. 
We’ve had enough of all you fools who tell us to obey.
We’ve sacrificed enough, paid all the dues we’ll ever pay.
You’ve already planned the sequel, you’ve played it like a game.
Do really the think  the survivors will be fooled just the same?
as your fallen victims, our friends that we watched die?
Like we haven’t learned a damn thing, so we’ll believe your lies?
I hate too break it to you, but only you believe your lies.
Those you wish to kill, see you through wiser eyes.
And our ears can clearly hear the nearing gallows rope.
And in our souls revealed the steel of an ever rising hope.

You’ve hid the truth and all along you lied right to our face.
You committed these crimes against the whole damn human race. 
It’s getting clear we all can hear justice drawing near.
You made us live alone in fear and silence all these years.
What can your money buy you, when all we want is your last breath?
Did you really think you’d never pay the price for every death?
Did you think you’d fool the world and get away with it all?
You thought you’d rule the world and that you would never fall.
Can you hear the bell toll? You know it tolls for thee.
Your name is cursed as the worst  for all eternity. 
The hopium and copium you smoked it all like dope.
I can see you’ve never faced a foe fueled by a rising hope.

To right these wrongs we must first stand and wipe away our tears.
We must all find the strength to become the monsters that we fear.
From our weakness and depression we must each find the will,
To rise against this evil, we must find the strength to kill.
Good bye and good riddance to you and all you’ve ever loved.
We are coming from below and we are coming from above.
We’ll strip you of your wealth as we strip you of your skin.
We’ll tear you limb from limb to find what evil lurks within.
I will not look away or turn a blind eye blind to your crime.
History may repeat itself, but not this fuckin’ time!
We must bring them to justice, bring them to the gallows rope.
A rising tide we can’t deny, drawn by this rising hope.

History will judge us all in the coming years.
Did our actions bring us freedom or bring the world to tears?
Whether you bury me where I fall or you hang me from a rope,
I thank God for this life, this time, this fight, and this rising hope.

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