With the promise of life We are strong We will carry on You will be hated Nevermore the victim Let them say that we are not of their world With conviction You must stand your ground Don't be deceived Strength is salvation

What about your friends, will they stand their ground, Will they let you down again? What about your friends, are they gonna be lowdown, Will they ever be around, Or will they turn their backs on you? So to speak hypothetically Say I supply creativity to

Nothin' that I wouldn't say to you Can you feel it in the airwaves Rollin down the lane Black out in the background Standin' in your veins Can you teach it to the prisoners Can you throw it at the wall You leap into the altitudes

What about your friends, will they stand their ground, Will they let you down again? What about your friends, are they gonna be lowdown, Will they ever be around, Or will they turn their backs on you? So to speak hypothetically Say I supply creativity to

And I know you won't let me down 'Cause I'm already standin' On the ground I like the way your sparkling earrings lay Against your skin so brown And I want to sleep with you in the desert night With a billion stars all around 'Cause I got a peaceful easy

Heavy is the head that wears the crown Second guessing your decisions Trying to find out what's been missing Go and wake the king Call to arms For those who kiss the ring Stand your ground The walls are coming down

Help me learn to stand Use your hands 'Cause I've begun to think that I was nothing short of broken Help me fly again Lift me from the ground and To hold me by the heart Tell me I'll be whole again Hold me by the heart

Ring them bells, ring them loud Let them ring here and now Just reach out and ring the bells of freedom Stand your ground And ring the bells of freedom Like you've lost every round I have walked all alone On these streets I call home Streets of hope,

Stand your ground Don’t let the bastards grind you down Be bold, be strange Don’t let their fears make you afraid Yesterday I told my sons, "Sometimes the bad guys win" And that it made me scared about the world that we live in But I had to reassure them

Hope begets hope Stand your ground We could live forever if we just let go now Stand strong to the winds of adversity And no, we won't go No marching orders, get up off of your knees, now Face to face with the flaws upon your soul Let the truth unfold My