(Verse) 

Midnight, feel heat rise from the cement 

sirens, they ring out like epithets 



red flag on the front page worn through headlines 

a propaganda war, baby dont go out tonight 

you fight like hell, to pretend or deny within yourself 



Failure, not worth what you have to spend 

forever, a second-class citizen 



Madison Avenue reality? Step back! 

trying to buy me but I wont submit to that 

I dream, drink, drag with no flag in my hand 

innocence is my dissent 



(Chorus) 

One drop, ripple widens 

downpour, aint subsiding 

rain down, keep on falling 

pouring down, or hear no more voices calling out 



(Verse) 

Martyr, poetically slit your writs 

pariah, for those who try to resist 



if you aint been warned, do not assimilate 

no love, no time nor reciprocity 

nearing the day youll be shot at if you run 

cant wait to go underground when the time comes 



Censored, opinions are not obscene 

rise up, or bow down on your knees 



our brothers and sisters forced to separate 

new thought control through isolation 

you gotta face the facts or break down and conform 

whose side are you on, how long will you wait for? 



(Chorus) 



(Verse) 

Anger, as sure as our blood is red 

heaven, you never can second guess 



another frontier torn apart 

but if a voice is a weapon, mine is a machine gun 

were not too late, no its not out of our hands 

innocence will be our dissent 



(Chorus) 

One drop, ripple widens 

downpour, ohh and it aint subsiding 

rain down, keep on falling 

tear it down, or hear no more voices calling 

one drop, ripple widens 

downpour, or in to silence