[Words by Steven Sagala, Music by Steve Stell.]



Screaming for mercy

Why can't they hear me?

These nights are filled with heartache

These nights are filled with an empty glass



Just turn us up and step aside

We know you very well

We know what dwells down deep inside

Come see this from the past

'cause the cynics said it would not last

Now watch them disappear

The truth will begin right here



These streets will burn behind you

As tradition breaks tonight

Go forth and tell the world

We have arrived



Our spirits clad in black

This color runs down my back

and leads me to your home

The channel never has it

Shift to automatic

It?s how the cycle goes

Then see what they really know



[Lead: DeGroot]



These are the signs of our times

Take what you want and leave all the rest

Hearken back to reclaim your creation

and break this tradition



[Lead: Stell]

[Lead: DeGroot]



For years we have wandered in dismay

Now here we stand as one

Stronger than you?ve ever known



The loss of innocence became your saving grace



What can we do right now?

What more can we say?



Fuel the rage

Echo salvation



They'll never run us out

We're martyrs in the making

Look deep into their eyes

They're ripe for the taking

Erase all the lines and get back in the fold

This is the day and age

Of monumental growth and change



These streets will burn behind you

As tradition breaks tonight

Go forth and tell the world

You have arrived