You don’t even have to look at social media to see how messed up everything is, but I have to say there is a current to things that gives me hope. More people are waking up and doing something to change the direction the world is heading in, but the institutions of politics and corporate power are trying to push back and keep us feeling helpless. I wanted to write something for everyone to know that they aren’t alone. We aren’t alone, we’re the ants in A Bugs Life and they are the grasshoppers. (Lyrics ) (Lyrics) Whispers in the marble halls, decrees carved in stone Faces on the screens preaching thrones we never owned But the mirror cracks, reflections show the game We’re done with borrowed crowns, time to claim our name Pulse in the pavement, rhythm in the rain No more swallowing silence, no more endless pain We rise up, rise up, break the crown tonight! No tyrants, no shadows, we're igniting the fight Hands locked together, voices cutting through the night Rise up, rise up - freedom's claiming its right! Streets pulse like rivers, flooding every gate Empires built on fear start to buckle under weight Every silenced dream now roars back to the surface We’re the storm they never saw, the tide, they can’t reverse us Forged in hidden fires, steel runs through our veins Echoes of the fallen carve this path through their maze Their towers tremble, foundations crack and fray We march through the ruins, turning night into day They built their walls to last, thought we'd never dare But every crack we widen shows the truth was always there No king can hold the heartbeat of a people unchained We’re the dawn they feared, the fire they can’t contain Hear it coming the roar we’ve held inside One last breath… then we collide We rise up! (Rise up!) Break the crown tonight! Together unbreakable, under endless light No more kneeling, no more fight-or-flight We rise up, rise up - freedom's ours by right! (Rise up! Rise up!) more