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 raised?

Think back to the days we laughed

We braved these bitter storms together

Then 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 its love like a cattle prod

I'm born free, but still they hate

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?

The gatherings hold candles, but not their tongues

And too much blood has flown from the wrists

Of the children shamed for those they chose to kiss

Who will rise to stop the blood?

We're calling for

Insisting on, a different beat, yeah

A brand new song

Whoa, whoa

A brand new song

(Whoa, whoa)

(Whoa)

Make it stop

Let 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

Let this end

All these years pushed to the ledge

But proud I stand, of who I am

I plan to go on living