[Silence]
\n[Instrumental, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Drums, Piano, Organ, Synth]<\/p>\n
[Intro]
\n[Instrumental Intro: Slow-Burning Electric Guitar, Deep Bass, Rolling Toms, Hammond Organ, Atmospheric Analog Synth]
\n[Spoken Vocal]
\nAfter all…<\/p>\n
What did we build?<\/p>\n
What did we leave behind?<\/p>\n
And when the dust settles…<\/p>\n
Will we heed the call?<\/p>\n
Or will we fall?<\/p>\n
[Verse 1]
\nBrick by brick
\nWe built the wall
\nHigher, higher
\nTill we couldn’t see at all<\/p>\n
Steel and glass
\nAcross the land
\nProgress written
\nIn the palm of our hand<\/p>\n
We learned to fly
\nWe learned to burn
\nWe learned the lesson
\nBut forgot to learn<\/p>\n
What is progress
\nIf we lose
\nWhat we need
\nTo choose?<\/p>\n
[Refrain]
\nAfter all…
\n(Will we rise or fall)
\nUp or down
\n(King or clown)<\/p>\n
Come to the realization
\n(About civilization)<\/p>\n
[Chorus]
\nRise!
\n(Rise!)
\nOr fall!
\n(Fall!)<\/p>\n
What are we
\nAfter all?<\/p>\n
Build!
\n(Build!)
\nOr break!
\n(Break!)<\/p>\n
How much more
\nCan we take?<\/p>\n
King or clown
\n(Crown or ground)
\nUp or down
\n(Round and round)<\/p>\n
[Verse 2]
\nWe measured wealth
\nIn things we own
\nMeasured power
\nBy the deeds we’d blown<\/p>\n
[Instrumental]
\n[Electric Guitar Solo: Expansive Blues-Rock Lead, Sustained Notes, Hammond Organ, Rising Synth, Heavy Tom Drums]<\/p>\n
[Bridge]
\nRealization!
\n(Realization!)<\/p>\n
Civilization!
\n(Civilization!)<\/p>\n
[Rap Vocal Break]
\nLook at the numbers
\nLook at the trend<\/p>\n
Look at the road
\nWe’re willing to bend<\/p>\n
More consumption
\nMore extraction
\nMore pressure
\nMore reaction<\/p>\n
Change the signal
\nChange the plan<\/p>\n
Start with what
\nA person can<\/p>\n
Dollar!
\n(Dollar!)<\/p>\n
Choice!
\n(Choice!)<\/p>\n
Voice!
\n(Voice!)<\/p>\n
[Breakdown]
\n[Music Drops to Acoustic Guitar, Bass and Sparse Piano]
\nAfter all…<\/p>\n
Will we rise or fall?<\/p>\n
Up or down…<\/p>\n
King or clown…<\/p>\n
[Whispered]
\nCome to the realization…<\/p>\n
About civilization.<\/p>\n
[Final Refrain]
\nAfter all…
\n(Will we rise or fall)
\nUp or down
\n(King or clown)<\/p>\n
Come to the realization
\n(About civilization)<\/p>\n
[Final Chorus]
\nRise!
\n(Rise!)
\nOr fall!
\n(Fall!)<\/p>\n
The future
\nCalls us all<\/p>\n
King or clown
\n(Crown or ground)
\nUp or down
\n(We turn around)<\/p>\n
Civilization
\n(Our creation)
\nIs the realization
\n(If we arrive alive)<\/p>\n
[Outro]
\n[Instrumental Outro: Full Band Rising Into a Massive Guitar-and-Synth Crescendo, Then Abruptly Falling to a Single Piano Note]
\nRise…<\/p>\n
Or fall…<\/p>\n
Up…<\/p>\n
Or down…<\/p>\n
[Spoken, fading]
\nKing…<\/p>\n
Or clown…<\/p>\n
The choice…<\/p>\n
Raise your voice.<\/p>\n