Raise It Up Now

Verse 1

Stomp of the boot on the concrete stair

Hate dressed up like it's new

They count our names and they tally the fear

But numbers never tell the truth

I saw the banners snap in the wind

Saw the fists go up so proud

Every lie they shout gets thinner than skin

When the people find their voice out loud

Pre-Chorus

Raise it up now

Raise it up now

We don't bow down

We don't bow down

Chorus

We fight with our hands and our open hearts

We fight with the truth in the daytime

We fight in the streets where the silence starts

And we won't look away from the flames

No we won't look away

Post-Chorus

Stand up stand up stand up

Stand up stand up stand up

We won't look away

Verse 2

They build their walls on borrowed fear

They dress their rage in suits

But every hollow word disappears

When love refuses to stay mute

My neighbor speaks my mother tongues

The market sings in three

The smallest kindness still outguns

The loudest cruelty

Pre-Chorus

Raise it up now

Raise it up now

We don't bow down

We don't bow down

Chorus

We fight with our hands and our open hearts

We fight with the truth in the daytime

We fight in the streets where the silence starts

And we won't look away from the flames

No we won't look away

Post-Chorus

Stand up stand up stand up

Stand up stand up stand up

We won't look away

Bridge

When the darkness comes around

We light a lamp not a match

We hold each other to the ground

And build the world we're gonna catch

Say their names say them clear

Every one a flag we raise

The only answer to their fear

Is showing up and staying brave

Chorus

We fight with our hands and our open hearts

We fight with the truth in the daytime

We fight in the streets where the silence starts

And we won't look away from the flames

No we won't look away

Post-Chorus

Stand up stand up stand up

Stand up stand up stand up

We won't look away