What's it gonna take for menOn my hands and kneesnWhile other poets fill pages of loose-leafnI feel cheap and I feel empty (I feel empty)nWe will bathe in the sea of disbeliefnBut we will not go quicklynNo we will not die so easilynnAnd I knew that this would happennIt always doesnAnd I couldn't stop my reactionnSo I let it comenI let it comennI still hold the belief that we are freenThat we don't need the rules to seenThat despite what we've donenWe're not alonenWe're closer than we think to homennIt didn't take me long to believe nThat I could do anythingnTurn the songs up loud so we could singnI am true and I am living (I am living)nAnd we will walk through the valley of the shadow of the boringnAnd burn it allnNo, we will not go quietlynnAnd I knew that this would happennIt always doesnAnd I couldn't stop my reactionnSo I let it comenI let it comennI still hold the belief that we are freenThat we don't need the rules to seenThat despite what we've done,nWe're not alonenWe're closer than we think to homennTo home, To home,nTo home, To home,nTo home, To home,nTo homennAcross the waternYou call me, but I'm not listeningnAs I sink down (sink down)nWater fills my lungs as I begin to drownnnI knew that this wouldnnI still hold the belief that we are freenThat we don't need the rules to seenThat despite what we've donenWe're not alonenWe're closer than we think to home