RISE AGAINST - RE-EDUCATION (THROUGH LABOR)

To the sound of a heartbeat pounding away
And the rhythm of the awful rusting machines
We toss and turn but don’t sleep
Each breath we take makes us thieves
Like causes without rebels
Just talk but promise nothing else

We crawl on our knees for you
Under the sky no longer blue
We sweat all day long for you
But we sow seeds to see us through
Because sometimes dreams just don’t come true
We wait to reap what we are due

To the rhythm of a time bomb ticking away
And the blare of the sirens combing the street
Chased down like dogs we run from
Your grasp until the sun comes up

We crawl on our knees for you
Under a sky no longer blue
We sweat all day long for you
But we sow seeds to see us through
Because sometimes dreams just don’t come true
Look now at what they’ve done to you

White needles buried in the red
The engine roars and then it gives
But never dies
Because we don’t live
We just survive
On the scraps that you throw away

I won’t crawl on my knees for you
I won’t believe the lies that hide the truth
I won’t sweat one more drop for you
‘Cause we are the rust upon your gears
We are the insect in your ears
And we crawl all over you

We sow seeds to see us through
Our days are precious and so few
We all reap what we are due
Under this sky no longer blue
We bring a dawn long overdue
We crawl all over you

RISE AGAINST - STATE OF THE UNION

If we’re the flagship of peace and prosperity,
We’re taking on water and about to fucking sink.
No one seems to notice, no one even blinks.
The crew all left the passengers to die under the sea.

Countdown
to the very end.
Equality;
an invitation that we won’t extend.
Ready, aim.
Pull the trigger now.
In time you
firmly secure your place in hell.

State of the union address
reads “War Torn Country Still a Mess”
The words: power, death and distorted truth
are read between the lines of the red, white and blue.

Countdown,
to the very end.
Equality;
an invitation that we won’t extend.
Ready, aim.
Pull the trigger now.
In time you
firmly secure your place in hell.

“Guilty” is what our graves will read,
no year, no family.
We did nothing to stop the murder of
a people just like us.

in the face of change
that’s when she turned to me and said,
“i’m not sure anymore…”
and there amidst the waves
and the cloudless skies
that blanket the year before
i watch my life wash ashore

now something has kept me here too long and now i’m gone…

  — Copyright © 2004, Rise Against, “Everchanging”, from the album The Unraveling.