A thousand candles flicker in a thousand window sills A sea of empty hearts without a drop of love to fill The root of all the heartache's where the seeds of life will grow So come, my friends, it's time that you arose
Your voices may be silent, but we hear you all the same Your words are in the sunlight and the tapping of the rain It waters all the seeds asleep within the ground below So come, my friends, it's time that you arose
We will be free We'll be released As the echoes of your voices fill the air
We won’t give up We won’t surrender Though your voice is gone, your words we will remember
The lessons of the past can lead the future on its way But we keep getting lost in the distractions of the day Now history’s repeating, and the cycle we must break So come, my friends, it's time that you awake
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The driving winds of autumn blow the leaves into the dust The newly naked forest shouts and shivers at the gusts The branches of the tree of life will bend, but never break So come, my friends, it's time that you awake