[Verse 1]
There's a struggle coming but to conquer, first they must divide
The machines keep humming night and day
How are we so unaware?
Why are you not afraid?
Protests are drumming while you turn your nose and roll your eyes
Knee-jerk reactions so ingrained
Judging from an arm chair

[Pre-Chorus]
'Cause there is hate and there is love and there is loss
But there is light and there is dark and then there is us
And whether this world burns is none of your concern
Caught up in a ticker tape parade

[Chorus]
I have learned to stand up and just to walk away (Hey, stand up)
Sometimes the cold hearts aren't worth the love or the hate (Hey, cold hearts)
Learn to let go, learn to walk away
Up from the shadows, I am seduced by the light of the flame
But this time I'm here to stay

[Verse 2]
Gunpowder residue, bright lights and turpentine
True colors shining through
As we are stripped of our exteriors
[Pre-Chorus]
Yeah, 'cause there is hate and there is love and there is loss
But there is right and there is hope and then there is us

[Chorus]
We're falling until we learn to stand up and just to walk away (Hey, stand up)
Sometimes the cold hearts aren't worth the love or the hate (Hey, cold hearts)
Learn to let go, learn to walk away
Out from the shadows
I'm seduced by the light of the flame
This time I'm here to stay
Oh-oh-uh-oh

[Bridge]
Feet first into the quicksand (Cold hearts [?])
Every day we are surrendering (Cold hearts [?])
Never straying from the game plan (Cold hearts [?])
And I keep hoping you will take my hand and stand up
Oh-uh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh
Oh-uh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh
Oh-uh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh
Oh-uh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh
[Outro]
The water's overflowing (Oh-uh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh)
The walls are breaking
But I will wait here knowing (Oh-uh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh)
That we can make it
And there's a light still glowing (Oh-uh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh)
A light I'm chasing
And I've been lost before (Oh-uh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh)
And I have been led astray
But this time I'm here to stay