Battle Born
The Killers

You lost faith in the human spirit

You walk around like a ghost

Your star-spangled heart

Took a train for the coast

When you shine you're a hilltop mansion

So how'd you lose the light?

Was it blown by the wind,

In the still of the night?

We're up against the wall

Up against the wall

There's something dying on the street

When they knock you down

You're gonna get back on your feet

(No you can't stop now)

I always saw you as a kind of keeper

A mother to a child

But your boys have grown soft

And your girls have gone wild

From the blue ranch to the black hills

To the redwood sky

The season may pass

But the dream doesn't die

Why did you drop the ball?

Up against the wall

There's something dying on the street

When they knock you down

You're gonna get back on your feet

(No you can't stop now)

When they break your heart

When they cause your soul to mourn

Remember what I said

Boy you was battle born

(No, you can't stop now)

You was battle born

When the night falls on the land

Are you haunted by the sound?

It's gonna take more than a hand

To turn this thing around

Won't you lean it on me?

Rescue, set me free

Up against the wall (Up against the wall)

There's something dying on the street

When they knock you down (Up against the wall)

You're gonna get back on your feet

Cause you can't stop now (Cause you can't stop now)

Did they break your heart? (Did they break your heart?)

And did they cause your soul to mourn

Remember what I said

Boy you was battle born

Cause you can't stop now (Cause you can't stop now)

Come on show your face

Come on give us one more spark

So we'll start a fire

Unless we fall into the dark

And you can't stop now (No, you can't stop now)

You never know

If you never learn

You never shine

If you never burn

The rising tide

The undertow

The venom and

The overflow

You turn away

Welcome home


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