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What a Time to Be Alive

It’s the shape of things to come, it’s that moment in the sun. It’s the wild, reckless turning of the tide.

Sure as every shout begins with a whisper in the wind can’t deny it’s quite a time to be alive.

It’s the changing of the guard, it’s the calm before the storm at the crossroads when you’re forced to draw the line.

Give some love and take a stand ‘cause the future’s in your hands. Starting once upon a time to be alive.

It’s the sound of the alarm, it’s the push against the grain, it’s the single, rebel candle that ignites a million flames.

it’s an ocean overflowing, flooding when the levee breaks, it’s when you say, “the sky’s the limit” when the ground is giving’ way.

It’s the riots in the streets; it’s the war you wage for peace, it’s the opposition’s brazen battle cry.

Through the widening divide where alliances collide, fighting blindly for a time to be alive.

It’s the blazing path you pave with each turning of the page, it’s the moral of a story gone awry.

It’s the poetry of truth, it’s a song that sings the blues, playing softly for a time to be alive.

It’s the tolling of the bell, it’s an echo loud and clear, it’s the shackles ‘round your ankles it’s the flowers in your hair,.

It’s a floorplan for destruction it’s a roadmap for repair, it’s what appears along the highway leading anywhere but here.

It’s the progress through the cracks, it’s a ceiling made of glass, it’s the finger on the button…say “goodbye”.

It’s the anger in the crowd when they burn the cities down in the ashes of a time to be alive. 

It’s the point of no return, it’s the lessons that you learn, it’s the flags or gods or facts you stand behind.

Bridge a gap or build a wall, some will rise, and some will fall either way oh, what a time to be alive. 

With our weary heads held high as we face an uphill climb, better keep on keepin’ on, ‘cause a change is gonna come, singing loud,

Oh, what a time to be alive!