[0:00.000] [0:26.122]Bang bang go the coffin nails [0:27.801]like a breath, exhaled then gone forever [0:31.609]it seems like just yesterday [0:34.391]how did i miss the red flags raise? [0:37.685]think back to the days we left [0:40.423]we brave these bitter storms together [0:43.811]brought to his knees he cried [0:47.334]but on his feet he died [0:50.855]what god would deal a heart? [0:54.000]what god drove us apart? [0:57.000]what god could... [1:00.031]make it stop [1:01.500]let this end [1:03.000]18 years pushed to the ledge [1:06.104]it's come to this [1:07.550]a weightless step [1:09.337]on the way down, singing [1:11.735]whoah, oh... [1:24.574] [1:37.058]bang bang from the closet walls [1:39.577]the schoolhouse halls [1:41.379]the shotgun's loaded [1:43.269]push me and i'll push back [1:46.194]i'm done asking, i demand [1:49.500]from the nation under god [1:52.253]i feel its love like a cattleprod [1:55.292]i'm born free, but still they hate [1:58.500]i'm born me, no, i can't change [2:02.869]it's always darkest just before the dawn [2:07.000]so stay awake with me [2:09.697]let's prove them wrong [2:11.602]make it stop [2:13.119]let this end [2:14.740]18 years pushed to the ledge [2:17.659]it's come to this [2:19.109]a weightless step [2:21.082]on the way down, singing [2:23.288]whoah, oh... [2:35.770] [2:35.915]the cold river, wash him away [2:38.616]but how could we forget [2:42.114]the cavalries of candles [2:45.559]but not their tongues [2:48.093]and too much blood has fallen from the wrist [2:50.772]of the children shamed for those they chose to kiss? [2:55.200]who will rise to stop the blood? [2:57.964]we're calling for, insisting on [3:01.106]a different beat, yeah, a brand new song [3:04.800]Tyler Clementi, age 18 [3:10.164]Billy Lucas, age 15 [3:15.293]Harrison Chase Brown, age 15 [3:20.652]Cody J. Barker, age 17 [3:25.707]Seth Walsh, age 13 [3:29.157]make it stop [3:30.857]let this end [3:32.000]this life chose me [3:33.334]i'm not lost in sin [3:35.421]i'm proud i stand [3:36.800]of who i am [3:38.262]i plan of going on living [3:41.702]make it stop [3:43.296]let this end [3:44.683]all these years pushed to the ledge [3:47.873]i'm proud i stand [3:49.429]of who i am [3:50.800]i plan to go on living [3:53.697]
[0:00.000] [0:26.122]Bang bang go the coffin nails [0:27.801]like a breath, exhaled then gone forever [0:31.609]it seems like just yesterday [0:34.391]how did i miss the red flags raise? [0:37.685]think back to the days we left [0:40.423]we brave these bitter storms together [0:43.811]brought to his knees he cried [0:47.334]but on his feet he died [0:50.855]what god would deal a heart? [0:54.000]what god drove us apart? [0:57.000]what god could... [1:00.031]make it stop [1:01.500]let this end [1:03.000]18 years pushed to the ledge [1:06.104]it's come to this [1:07.550]a weightless step [1:09.337]on the way down, singing [1:11.735]whoah, oh... [1:24.574] [1:37.058]bang bang from the closet walls [1:39.577]the schoolhouse halls [1:41.379]the shotgun's loaded [1:43.269]push me and i'll push back [1:46.194]i'm done asking, i demand [1:49.500]from the nation under god [1:52.253]i feel its love like a cattleprod [1:55.292]i'm born free, but still they hate [1:58.500]i'm born me, no, i can't change [2:02.869]it's always darkest just before the dawn [2:07.000]so stay awake with me [2:09.697]let's prove them wrong [2:11.602]make it stop [2:13.119]let this end [2:14.740]18 years pushed to the ledge [2:17.659]it's come to this [2:19.109]a weightless step [2:21.082]on the way down, singing [2:23.288]whoah, oh... [2:35.770] [2:35.915]the cold river, wash him away [2:38.616]but how could we forget [2:42.114]the cavalries of candles [2:45.559]but not their tongues [2:48.093]and too much blood has fallen from the wrist [2:50.772]of the children shamed for those they chose to kiss? [2:55.200]who will rise to stop the blood? [2:57.964]we're calling for, insisting on [3:01.106]a different beat, yeah, a brand new song [3:04.800]Tyler Clementi, age 18 [3:10.164]Billy Lucas, age 15 [3:15.293]Harrison Chase Brown, age 15 [3:20.652]Cody J. Barker, age 17 [3:25.707]Seth Walsh, age 13 [3:29.157]make it stop [3:30.857]let this end [3:32.000]this life chose me [3:33.334]i'm not lost in sin [3:35.421]i'm proud i stand [3:36.800]of who i am [3:38.262]i plan of going on living [3:41.702]make it stop [3:43.296]let this end [3:44.683]all these years pushed to the ledge [3:47.873]i'm proud i stand [3:49.429]of who i am [3:50.800]i plan to go on living [3:53.697]