Rise Against - Make It Stop (september's Children)

Woah, woah

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

Bang bang from the closet walls
The schoolhouse halls
The shotgun's loaded
Push me and I'll push back
I'm done asking, I demand

From a nation under God
I feel its love like a cattle prod
Born free, but still they hate
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, woah, woah

The cold river washed him away
But how could we forget
The gatherings hold 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

Whoa, whoa
Whoa, whoa
Whoa, whoa

(Tyler Clementi, age 18)
(Billy Lucas, age 15)
(Harrison Chase Brown, age 15)
(Cody J. Barker, age 17)
(Seth Walsh, age 13)

Make it stop, let this end.
This life chose me, I'm not lost in sin
But proud I stand of who I am
I plan to go on living

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