We are the black rose Let no one doubt our course Rise up and let them feel our thorns And freedom will be ours We are the black-thorned rose Singing songs for the unsung Rise up and let them hear our roar The lowborn's day has come A flower shall grow where a peasant's blood flows Our lives they have taken all the seeds they have sold Rise up from the soil we till Rise up from the soil that they owe We are the black rose Let no one doubt our course Rise up and let them feel our thorns So freedom may be ours We are the black-thorned rose Singing songs for the unsung Rise up and let them hear our roar The lowborn's day has come For each rose they cut down Another will grow 'Til the land is covered with petals like snow No light in your castles, no light in your gold Our fight is undying Our truth will be told We are the black rose Let no one doubt our course Rise up and let them feel our thorns And freedom will be ours We are the black-thorned rose Singing songs for the unsung Rise up and let them hear our roar The lowborn's day has come We are the black-thorned rose Let our voice be our blade as one Rise up and let them feel our thorns The lowborn's day has come

Moving in and out of the shadow It's no easy mission Holding on to how I picture you Showing only bits and pieces Till the light betrayed you and your empty allocution Searching your eyes for a hint or a trace of humility Searching your eyes for the saint is an act of futility Searching your eyes for a hint or a trace of it Searching your eyes for humility Searching your eyes for a hint or a trace I'm still searching, searching Showing all the bits and pieces Till the tide betrayed you and your empty allocution Float the Piper by and down the river Carcass crippled underneath the pounding waves of adoration Pied Piper, float on down the river Bloated carcass crippled me, the weight of adoration I'm moving in and out of the shadows It's no easy mission, holding on to how I picture you

I was 15 when my daddy died, mama worked 2 jobs just to get by Seemed like a blessin' when Harley came around, so she took his name but I had my doubts. Didn't take long for his drinkin' ways to start showin up on mama's face One violent night hidin' under my bed swore that he wouldn't see another sunset. The next day I followed him down to the river bank I knew one of us, wouldn't walk away. I might of had a plan but he didn't know it I might have been scared but I didn't show it That's all between the river and me With the current and the rocks, coulda been risky Might of been sober but I brought the whiskey Thats all between the river and me. I walked up to him and I said his name, just so he could see the look on my face We stood eye to eye and toe to toe, when I told him that he wasn't gonna come back home He raised his fist to me but I didn't flinch, I said, "I ain't your son, you son-of-a-bitch!" I might of had a knife in my back pocket, might of pulled it out before he saw it Thats all between the river and me I might of had a gun but I didn't fire it, He might of tried to yell but I kept him quiet Thats all between the river and me Thats all between the river and me Sheriff came knockin' on our front door, said they found his body by the reservoir "Bottle in his shirt and liquor in his blood, must of fallen in the river and he never came up." Might of been blood but they never saw it, just a little mud on the living room carpet Thats all between the river and me After what he done, well there ain't no wonder, can't remember how long I held him under Thats all between the river and me Thats all between the river and me Yea, Thats all between the river and me Thats all, Thats all.