Take it in Red

Instrumental Intro

Verse 1

From the factories’ roar to the fields where we toil,

We have written our names in the dirt and the soil.

But these hands that have built them their towers so high,

Are the hands that will tear them all down from the sky.

Verse 2

In the halls of power, where the shadows run deep,

Lies the weight of the chains that the powerful keep.

They’ll not hand you the keys, nor the light of the day,

For the freedom you seek must be torn from their sway.

Pre-Chorus

So rise up, all forgotten, with the fire in your chest,

For the world’s never given what must be possessed.

So let the oppressor tremble when the people stand tall,

For the day that we take it will be justice for all.

Chorus

Oh, we’ll take what they owe us, we’ll take back the night,

We’ll take the dawn’s promise, and we’ll make it our light.

No more kneeling for scraps, no more begging for bread,

We’ll take freedom and justice, or we’ll take it in red.

Post-Chorus

Oh, the earth remembers every foot that’s been bound,

And the sky holds the echo of every lost sound.

We'll take it in red, we'll take it in song,

We'll take it in the righting of the wrong

Verse 3

They’ll call us the lawless, they’ll call us the wild,

For the crime of demanding the rights of a child.

But the chains that they forge only bind for a time,

For the hands of the many will break every line.

Pre-Chorus

So rise up, all forgotten, with the fire in your chest,

For the world’s never given what must be possessed.

So let the oppressor tremble when the people stand tall,

For the day that we take it will be justice for all.

Chorus

Oh, we’ll take what they owe us, we’ll take back the night,

We’ll take the dawn’s promise, and we’ll make it our light.

No more kneeling for scraps, no more begging for bread,

We’ll take freedom and justice, or we’ll take it in red.

Post-Chorus

Oh, the earth remembers every foot that’s been bound,

And the sky holds the echo of every lost sound.

We'll take it in red, we'll take it in song,

We'll take it in the righting of the wrong.

Bridge

They can jail all the dreamers, they can burn all the books,

They can silence the singers and drown out our looks.

But the fire of the people’s not a flame they can smother,

And the children we’re fighting for will know no other.

No king, no crown, no master’s decree,

Can hold back the dawn when the people are free.

So let them build walls-we’ll be the flood,

And the earth will remember we rose from the mud.

Pre-Chorus

So rise up, all forgotten, with the fire in your chest,

For the world’s never given what must be possessed.

So let the oppressor tremble when the people stand tall,

For the day that we take it will be justice for all.

Chorus

Oh, we’ll take what they owe us, we’ll take back the night,

We’ll take the dawn’s promise, and we’ll make it our light.

No more kneeling for scraps, no more begging for bread,

We’ll take freedom and justice, or we’ll take it in red.

Post-Chorus

Oh, the earth remembers every foot that’s been bound,

And the sky holds the echo of every lost sound.

We'll take it in red, we'll take it in song,

We'll take it in the righting of the wrong.