(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 raise?

Think back, the days we left
We braved these bitter storms together
But brought to his knees he cried
But on his feet he cried

What God would damn a heart?
And what God drove us apart?
What God could

(Begin Chorus)

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)

(End Chorus)

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
(Born free)
I'm born me, no, I can't change
(Born me)

It's always darkest just before the dawn
So stay awake with me, let's prove them wrong

Chorus

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 wrist
Of the children shamed for those they chose to kiss
Who will rise to stop the blood
We're coming for, insisting on, a different beat, yeah
A brand new song

(Spoken by Tim)
Tyler Clementi, age eighteen
Billy Lucas, age fifteen
Harrison Chase Brown, age fifteen
Cody J Barker, age seventeen
Seth Walsh, age thirteen

Make it stop
Make 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