This makes as much sense as a frog on a chain A leper knocking trees down with his fist Twisting my ear like I'm a school yard churl You know I want to sit beside that long-legged girl Wearing overalls and daddy's boots and mom's old coat Let's sing one

Down they come, the swarm of locusts Skies above converge to choke us Feast of souls consume the harvest Forming clouds, their shadow shrouds Louder the tattered wings they sound Young and old, suffer unto the locust Descending down Sweet caress grazes

Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh You're gonna hear me roar! I got the eye of the tiger, a fighter Dancing through the fire 'Cause I am a champion, and you're gonna hear me roar Louder, louder than a lion 'Cause I am a champion, and you're gonna hear me roar! You

And with this now we die Standing at the edge of the world Ashes to ashes The ocean crashes Louder and louder it cries Over and over The sands wash over Facing, embracing the tides Uncertainty calling as the page unfurls

Turn that shit out louder Make it all go faster Playing through the witching hour Take it to one thousand horsepower Get it up get it up feel the alive Turn it up turn it up one more time Time to rewind Back to 1995 when we were nothing Walking through

All the fear I've got inside will die with me We said "Turn this message louder 'till the speakers bleed" No we won't go quietly But we won't go quietly And everybody said No, we won't go quietly Somebody gotta say something, that somebody is gonna be me

My roots, my roots Run deep into the hollow I'm stronger than I ever knew I'm strong because of you I bite down a little harder My blades a little sharper Strike back a little harder I scream a little louder I hit back a little louder

Inside I'm a danger to myself I'm a danger to myself Inside I'm a prisoner of my own hell My own hell Twisting and turning unable to sleep Do the voices ever stop My thoughts speak louder the more I resist And they're driving me insane Do they ever go

Maximize me Let's go beyond reality If you can see what I see Hypnotize maximize me Let's take it to eternity Believe the will inside of me Higher louder overdrive Can you be the one to lift me higher

I'd tell her to speak up, tell her to shout out Talk a bit louder, be a bit prouder Tell her she's beautiful, wonderful Everything she doesn't see You gotta speak up, you gotta shout out And know that right here, right now You can be beautiful, wonderful