What a Time to Be Alive

It's the shape of things to come, it's that moment in the sun It's the wild and reckless turning of the tide Sure as every shout begins with a whisper in the wind Can't deny it's quite a time to be alive It's the changing of the guard, it's the calm before the storm At the crossroads when you're forced to draw the line Give some love and take a stand cause the future's in your hands Starting once a upon a time to be alive It's the sound of the alarm, it's the push against the grain It's the single rebel candle that ignites a million flames It's an ocean overflowing flooding when the levee breaks It's when you say the sky's the limit when the ground is giving way It's the riots in the streets, it's a war you wage for peace It's the opposition's brazen battle cry Through the widening divide where alliances collide Fighting blindly for a time to be alive It's the blazin' path you pave with each turning of a page It's the moral of a story gone awry It's the poetry of truth, it's a song that sings the blues Playing softly for a time to be alive It's the tolling of the bell, it's an echo loud and clear It's the shackles 'round your ankles, it's the flowers in your hair It's a floor plan for destruction, it's a road map toward repair It's what appears along a highway leading anywhere but here It's the progress through the cracks in a ceiling made of glass It's a finger on the button, say goodbye It's the anger in the crowd when they burn the cities down In the ashes of a time to be alive It's the point of no return, it's the lessons that you learn It's the flags or gods or facts you stand behind Bridge a gap or build a wall, some will rise and some will fall Either way, oh what a time to be alive! With our weary heads held high as we face an uphill climb Better keep on keeping on 'cause a change is gonna come Sing it loud, oh what a time to be alive!