let us some day that we decide how let us stand like cattle towards blows let us rest these hands but not to death so we re desperate so enamoured and these arms that carry us across let them stay let them stay and these boots that walk us all this way let them stay let them stay we stand it up we tear it down we stand it up we tear it down we stand it up we tear it down we stand it up we tear it down we decide our deaths as we decide our job we decide on us as we re dead young but surely there must be more than one way to build these walls to paint these pictures away we stand it up we tear it down we stand it up we tear it down we stand it up we tear it down we stand it up we tear it down we stand it up we tear it down built in the fire built in flame built in denial pictures of today we stand it up we tear it down