Dark and dreary nIs how I see nKeep coming up short nNo confidence in me nNegativitynKeeps choking menIt's getting hard to BreathnnPre-Chorus:nIf your mind's depressionnYou are destruction's toolnNegatives rise to the surfacenBut dwelling digs your tombnnA pessimistic looknToward SocietynThere's no good newsnTo comfort menI need nSomethingnTo rise in MennPre_Chorus:nIf your mind's depressionnYou are destruction's toolnNegatives rise to the surfacenBut dwelling digs your tombnnChorus:nI won't run or retreatnHope ArisesnI won't fall in defeatnHope ArisesnnMy eyes are opennNow I seenBetter days nLye before me nI've found Hope nRising within MennPre_Chorus:nIf your mind's depressionnYou are destruction's toolnNegatives rise to the surfacenBut dwelling digs your tombnnChorus:nI won't run or retreatnHope ArisesnI won't fall in defeatnHope Arises