Children

歌詞

Bang bang go the coffin nails Like a breath exhaled Then gone forever It seems like just yesterday How did I miss the red flags raise? Think back to the days we laughed We braved these bitter storms together Brought to his knees he cried But on his feet he died What god would damn a heart? What god drove us apart? What god could... Make it stop Let this end Eighteen years pushed to the ledge It's come to this A weightless step On the way down singing whoa oh oh oh oh oh Bang bang from the closet walls The schoolhouse halls The shotgun's loaded Push me and I'll push back I'm done asking I demand From a nation under God I feel it's love like a cattle prod I'm born free but still they hate I'm born me no I can't change It's always darkest just before the dawn So stay awake with me let's prove them wrong Make it stop Let this end Eighteen years pushed to the ledge It's come to this A weightless step On the way down singing whoa oh oh oh oh oh The cold river washed him away But how could we forget? The gatherings hold candles But not their tongues And too much blood has flown from the wrists Of the children shamed for those they chose to kiss Who will rise to stop the blood? We're calling for Insisting on A different beat Yeah, a brand new song (Tyler Clementi, age 18 Billy Lucas, age 15 Harrison Chase Brown, age 15 Cody J. Barker, age 17 Seth Walsh, age 13) Make it stop Make this end This life chose me, I'm not lost in sin But proud I stand of who I am I plan to go on living Make it stop Make this end All these years, pushed to the ledge But proud I stand of who I am I plan to go on living