when the ones who run the firehouse are the ones who start the fire and the lawless make the laws and every preacher is a liar and the ones that damn the innocent they own the nightly news and front page an old man said to me it s not who but what you know and knowledge isn t wisdom without control but still to be the changes that you want to see they come slow i know and you said rise above open your eyes up and you said rise above but i can t i can t for every heart that bleeds will color your world red and the sorrow in the night will be the blue you cannot shed but your strength will be a vision beyond visibility and the gift you have within will give you new eyes to see and you can rise above swing through the skies above and you shall rise above yourself know that i ll be watching know that i ll be waiting standing on the precipice i can t soar away from this free your soul rise above yourself and take control you need to love to release yourself and rise above it all and you can rise above open your eyes up and you can rise above yourself i will be there you were never alone inside your dreams i ve been watching and waiting and you can rise above open your eyes up and you can rise above yourself and you can rise above open your eyes to love and you can rise above yourself and every heart that bleeds will color your world red and the sorrow in the night will be the blue you cannot shed and your strength will be a vision beyond visibility and the gift you have before you will give you new eyes to see