Rise Against - Make It Stop (September's Child) lyrics

Wooah, wooah

Bang, bang go the coffin nails, like a breath exhaled
Then gone forever
It seems like just yesterday, how did I miss the red flags raise

Think back to the days we laughed
We braved these bitter storms together
Brought to his knees he cried
But on his feet he died

What God would damn a heart
And what God drove us apart
What God could

Make it stop
Let this end
Eighteen years pushed to the ledge
It's come to this
A weightless step
On the way down singing
Wooah, wooah

Bang, bang from the closet walls
The schoolhouse halls
The shotguns loaded
Push me and I'll push back
I'm done asking, I demand
From a nation under God
I feel it's love like a cattle prod
Born free, but still they hate
I'm born me, no I can't change

It's always darkest just before the dawn
So stay awake with me, let's prove them wrong

Make it stop
Let this end
Eighteen years pushed to the ledge
It's come to this
A weightless step
On the way down singing
Wooah, wooah

The cold river washed him away
But how could we forget
The gathering saw candles, but not their tongues
And too much blood has flown from the wrists
Of the children shamed for those they chose to kiss
Who will rise to stop the blood

We're calling for
Insisting on
A different beat, yeah
A brand new song

Wooah, wooah (Tyler Clementi, age 18)
A brand new song
Wooah, wooah (Billy Lucas, age 15)
Wooah, wooah (Harrison Chase Brown, age 15)
Wooah, wooah (Cody J. Barker, age 17)
Wooah, wooah (Seth Walsh, age 13)
Wooah

Make it stop
Make this end
This life choose me, I'm not lost in sin
But proud I stand of who I am
I plan to go on living (wooah)

Make it stop
Let this end
All these years pushed to the ledge
But proud I stand of who I am
I plan to go on living