What a Time to Be Alive

It's the shape of things to come, it's that moment in the sun
 It's the wild and reckless turning of the tide
 Sure as every shout begins with a whisper in the wind
 Can't deny it's quite a time to be alive
 It's the changing of the guard, it's the calm before the storm
 At the crossroads when you're forced to draw the line
 Give some love and take a stand cause the future's in your hands
 Starting once a upon a time to be alive
 It's the sound of the alarm, it's the push against the grain
 It's the single rebel candle that ignites a million flames
 It's an ocean overflowing flooding when the levee breaks
 It's when you say the sky's the limit when the ground is giving way
 It's the riots in the streets, it's a war you wage for peace
 It's the opposition's brazen battle cry
 Through the widening divide where alliances collide
 Fighting blindly for a time to be alive
 It's the blazin' path you pave with each turning of a page
 It's the moral of a story gone awry
 It's the poetry of truth, it's a song that sings the blues
 Playing softly for a time to be alive
 It's the tolling of the bell, it's an echo loud and clear
 It's the shackles 'round your ankles, it's the flowers in your hair
 It's a floor plan for destruction, it's a road map toward repair
 It's what appears along a highway leading anywhere but here
 It's the progress through the cracks in a ceiling made of glass
 It's a finger on the button, say goodbye
 It's the anger in the crowd when they burn the cities down
 In the ashes of a time to be alive
 It's the point of no return, it's the lessons that you learn
 It's the flags or gods or facts you stand behind
 Bridge a gap or build a wall, some will rise and some will fall
 Either way, oh what a time to be alive!
 With our weary heads held high as we face an uphill climb
 Better keep on keeping on 'cause a change is gonna come
 Sing it loud, oh what a time to be alive!