I know my past I know where I came from I won't go quietly give in to none I know my past my voice makes me able We'll come together we will be as one I'm not a man on a mission But a rising anger forces me to stand And count my voice defiant I'm not

Our hometown's in the dark I won't let them win, go quietly Where we're from A shadow tilts its head at me Spirits in the dark are waiting Be the one, be the one I know, I know There's no sun We're no one

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