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Artist: Rise Against
Canonical path: /rise-against/the-great-die-off
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The Great Die Off
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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The Great Die Off
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Theres a fire on the borders
And it's burning down the walls you built high
And there's a steady stream of anger
And it's spilling from the coasts
A tidal wave
And the world says we reap what we sow
To where I bury you up in my home
The nights we'll reclaim but we’re sick of the wait
We want it all and we want it now
Tonight I'll watch your fires burn on
With guns in hand we pry these guns from yours
Oh, oh!
We want it all and we want it now
A tide has come in to drown you out
We make ourselves at home while your body's still warm
Oh, oh!
Go!
Tradition tethers us to rituals
And all we are just clocks on wrong times
Something triggers each and every time I hear you say
God bless this place!
But your numbers are dwindling now
Though endangered we'll still hunt you down
With heads on a stake
Long may you reign
We want it all and we want it now
Tonight I'll watch your fires burn on
With these guns in hand we pry these guns from yours
Oh, oh!
We want it all and we want it now
A tide has come in to drown you out
We make ourselves at home while your body's still warm
Ooh, yeah!
And theres a fire on the borders
And it's burning down the walls you built high
And there's a steady stream of anger
And it's spilling from the coasts
A tidal wave
We want the motherfucking world
And we want it now
Tonight I'll watch your fires burn out
With guns in hand we pry these guns from yours
Oh, yeah!
No, I don't wanna wait
I know I better way
So step aside and come on
Better yet just go away
Our change has finally come
There might be another one now
No, we're not gonna wait
We want it now
Yeah, we're dust in the flames
We want it now!
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