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
Raised? 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
And what God drove us apa--rt?
What God Could?
Make it stop, let this end
Eighteen years pushed to the ledge.
It’s come this, a weightless step
On the way down singing
Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Woah-oh-oh-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 its 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
LETS PROVE THEM WRONG!
Make it stop, let this end
Eighteen years pushed to the ledge.
It’s come this, a weightless step
On the way down singing
Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Woah-oh-oh-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 counting for, insisting on
A different beat, yeah, a brand new song-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
A brand new song-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Make it stop, make this end
This life chose me, I'm not lost in sin.
And 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.
And proud I stand of who I am
I plan to go on living!