5 Years, It doesn't seem like so long And now we're fighting a war without the bullets or the guns Some politicans have led us to belive That we're prisoners inside of our own country I for one don't belive them when they say That the protest songs lie silent in their grave So stand up, stand up, no they'll never make the grade And we won't play their games, the revolutions on its way Rise up, all you people the battle isn't over Are you ready, you ready So long, we've spent our lives living on the sidelines Are you ready, get ready to Break away, no they're not binding me So get ready, get ready Now the gloves off, we'll come out fighting 15 seats doesn't mean they've got us beat Step up to the mark its our responsability So many people will suffer at their hands Gotta make a plan why can't we understand There's no doubt in my mind it's a sign of the times Don't need the agrovation of social divide So stand up, stand up, no they'll never make the grade And we won't play their games, the revolutions on its way Rise up, all you people the battle isn't over Are you ready, you ready So long, we've spent our lives living on the sidelines Are you ready, get ready to Break away, no they're not binding me So get ready, get ready Now the gloves off, we'll come out fighting They take, take, take. They take away from me, now i'm trapped in this cell, i'm a slave to apathy You know they break, break, break the hearts of you and me, the misguided souls, a consiquence of this disease Rise up, all you people the battle isn't over Are you ready, you ready So long, we've spent our lives living on the sidelines Are you ready, get ready to Break away, no they're not binding me So get ready, get ready Now the gloves off, we'll come out fighting