Standing on the Edge

I saw a sign today that read, "The end is near"

A child was born today and his mother cried, she cried in fear

The weather says it's one hundred degrees, no rain in the future

A million people all bend the knee and say they'll rise together

Every picture tells a tale

And shows it like it is

And what we see is real

Standing on the edge, waiting for the sun

Journey's at an end, the battle's almost won

Rising from the ash of poverty and pain

Standing on the edge to be free again

I saw a man today and he had tears in his eyes

And all I had to give to him was a smile

As he held out his hand

He was hungry, he was cold, he was skin and bone

Don't think he's gonna make it

A soldier far from home, he got no uniform

It's a bloody circus

We will rise and we will fall

Until we are free at last

Can we forget the past?

Standing on the edge, waiting for the sun

Journey's at an end, the battle's almost won

Rising from the ash of poverty and pain

Standing on the edge to be free again

To be free again

We will rise and we will fall

Until we are free at last

Can we forget the past?

Standing on the edge

Standing on the edge

Standing on the edge, waiting for the sun

Journey's at an end, the battle's almost won

Rising from the ash of poverty and pain

Standing on the edge to be free again

Standing on the edge, waiting for the sun

Journey's at an end, the battle's almost won

Rising from the ash of poverty and pain

Standing on the edge to be free again

To be free again

Standing on the edge

I'm standing on the edge

Again

Again

Oh, again