MAKE IT STOP
(September's Children)
Woah, woah ...
Bang bang go the coffin nails
Like a breath exhaled
Then gone forever
It seems like just yesterday
How did I miss the red flags raise?
Think back, the days we left
We braved these bitter storms together
Brought to his knees he cried
But on his feet he died
What God would damn a heart?
And what God drove us apart?
What God could...
Make it stop
Let this end
Eighteen years pushed to the ledge
It's come to this
A weightless step
On the way down singing
Woah, woah ...
Bang bang from the closet walls
The schoolhouse halls
The shotgun's loaded
Push me and I'll push back
I'm done asking
I demand
From a nation under God
I feel it's love like a cattle prod
(Born free)
I'm born free, but still they hate
(Born me)
I'm born me, no I can't change
It's always darkest just before the dawn
So stay awake with me, let's prove them wrong
Make it stop
Let this end
Eighteen years pushed to the ledge
It's come to this
A weightless step
On the way down singing
Woah, woah ...
The cold river washed him away
But how could we forget
Gathering candles
But not their tongues
And too much blood has flown from the wrists
Of children shamed for those they chose to kiss
Who will rise to stop the blood
We're coming for
Insisting on, a different beat, yeah
A brand new song
Woah, woah ...
Woah, woah ...
Woah, woah ...
Tyler Clementi, age 18
Billy Lucas, age 15
Harrison Chase Brown, age 15
Cody J. Barker, age 17
Seth Walsh, age 13
Make it stop
Make this end
This life chose me, I’m not lost in sin
And proud I stand of who I am
I plan to go on living
Make it stop
Make this end
All these years, pushed to the ledge
But proud I stand of who I am
I plan to go on living
______________________________
This song is in memory of
gay teens who took their own lives,
as they could not take any more
anti-gay bullying.
______________________________
"Make It Stop (September's Children)"
is taken from
the new album of Rise Against:
ENDGAME
(2011)
______________________________
Woah, woah ...
Bang bang go the coffin nails
Like a breath exhaled
Then gone forever
It seems like just yesterday
How did I miss the red flags raise?
Think back, the days we left
We braved these bitter storms together
Brought to his knees he cried
But on his feet he died
What God would damn a heart?
And what God drove us apart?
What God could...
Make it stop
Let this end
Eighteen years pushed to the ledge
It's come to this
A weightless step
On the way down singing
Woah, woah ...
Bang bang from the closet walls
The schoolhouse halls
The shotgun's loaded
Push me and I'll push back
I'm done asking
I demand
From a nation under God
I feel it's love like a cattle prod
(Born free)
I'm born free, but still they hate
(Born me)
I'm born me, no I can't change
It's always darkest just before the dawn
So stay awake with me, let's prove them wrong
Make it stop
Let this end
Eighteen years pushed to the ledge
It's come to this
A weightless step
On the way down singing
Woah, woah ...
The cold river washed him away
But how could we forget
Gathering candles
But not their tongues
And too much blood has flown from the wrists
Of children shamed for those they chose to kiss
Who will rise to stop the blood
We're coming for
Insisting on, a different beat, yeah
A brand new song
Woah, woah ...
Woah, woah ...
Woah, woah ...
Tyler Clementi, age 18
Billy Lucas, age 15
Harrison Chase Brown, age 15
Cody J. Barker, age 17
Seth Walsh, age 13
Make it stop
Make this end
This life chose me, I’m not lost in sin
And proud I stand of who I am
I plan to go on living
Make it stop
Make this end
All these years, pushed to the ledge
But proud I stand of who I am
I plan to go on living
______________________________
This song is in memory of
gay teens who took their own lives,
as they could not take any more
anti-gay bullying.
______________________________
"Make It Stop (September's Children)"
is taken from
the new album of Rise Against:
ENDGAME
(2011)
______________________________
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