The ridge becomes our stage tonight The lights ignite decay and the blight Below are broken windows and the boarded walls From '04 in Baltimore to trailer parks in Arkansas Where working families were torn apart How do we end this divide and the fatigue of infinite uncertainty? I can't promise a brand new start Since we molded bars that locked us in We were just kids in search of the ends of the earth Pushing back with an iron heart The oceans that rose to set us back and apart I'm not, I'm not I'm not willing to give up on us And bury every lesson that took years to uncover In our relentless pursuit of truth For long enough we've lived in hell That way of life is gone, nothing's the same And I'm not sorry for what I couldn't do alone So stand with me and learn to sing We'll trace handprints on the brick that we left blank Making use of what it is that remains No longer waiting for our lives to meet that end We can't stop searching We won't stop searching for a better life For a better life ahead I am ready to learn I am ready to learn