BROKE THROUGH by Elizabeth LaFavre Lyrics
Tidal wave
Tsunami
Hurricane
Splitting the night in two
Gates of heaven
Open wide
Rivers overflowin’
Fires ragin’ beneath our feet
Spirits have woken
Guardrails have broken
Don’t want to believe it
But it’s true
Don’t want to believe it
But it’s true
Cover your eyes
Cover your ears
Cover your mouth
Hide your tears
Hide your fears
Release your cares
Listening to the sounds
Of your shuffling feet
Dragging those legs
Like they’re dead
No life left
Energy has dried up
No will
To fight the fiend
Who will tear us
To shreds
Without an ounce
Of remorse
He’s more than
Willing to stay the course
Oh, we’re dead in the water now
We’re dead in the water now
Cars screaming’
Careening
Seething
Out of control
Endless crashes
Rubber burning
Waxing poetic
On the cold stone
Knife immobilized
In my heart
My cold, cold heart
Sirens rushing
To the scene
Too late!
Too late!
Too late!
We’re dead in the water now
We’re dead in the water now
Tidal wave
Tsunami
Hurricane
Dangerous minds
Working behind the scenes
Evil genius’ grabbin ‘em
By the you-know-what
Strangling them
With a ligature
Convincing them
That the end
Justifies the means
Demanding total loyalty
No matter the cost
No matter who gets hurt
Just as long as HE
Gets HIS just desserts
Remembering whispered warnings
The signs flashing loud and clear
Alarms bells ringing like drumbeats
Listening to the “Sounds of Silence”
The premonition that Simon wrote
Has come true
And, so, here we are
Easy to convince yourself
That it just can’t be true
It just can’t be true
Oh, stop!
H E A D S-U P
LISTEN Up!
IT’s T R U E
What in God’s name
Is wrong with us?
Need to fess’ up
To our fears
To our human frailties
Need to get a spine
Get back our R O A R !
We are here
The time is now!
How many more
Signs do you need?
The T R U T H hurts !
Sometimes it stings
Like you’re getting
Your face ripped off
And all your left with
Is a pile of shreds
We have a choice
Either keep our
Night blinders on
Or fight
The good fight
Not through violence
But through
Relentless pursuit
Of our goals
To save our planet and
Our democracy
From being
Blown to smithereens
What’cha gonna do
When they come for you?
What’cha gonna do
When they come for you?
Don’t let the lights go out
Don’t let the birds fall from the sky
Don’t let our freedom
Slip through the cracks
Softly
Quietly
Taking away
Our freedoms
And we just sit back
Passively
Ever so polite
While they’re maiming us
And our rights
Just going about
they’re business
Tight white
Stilted suits
Red white and blue ties
Signifying their
Authoritarian lies
With a smirking smile
They think we don’t
Have the Will
Or the courage
To truly challenge them
Ripping our souls out
Thread-by-thread
They don’t care
If we end up dead
Armageddon skies
All around us now
Armageddon skies
All around us now
Yet we fail to act
Fail to take control
Pussyfooting around
Someone needs to
smack us in the face!
Someone needs to
To smack us in the face!
Before it’s too late
Is it too late?
To change course
Too late for us?
For our world?
What a sad way for it to end
Don’t want to say “Amen”
Don’t want to say “Amen”
Don’t want us to be
Dead in the water
The steel-eyed dinosaur
Is she crazy?
Crazy is as crazy does
Is she a lunatic?
Or other worldly?
Or maybe all of the above
Or maybe crazy brilliant?
A genius in disguise
Insight beyond her years
Knowledge so precise
It scares even her
If she’s honest with herself
Or is it so
Incomprehensible
That a woman
Could be a leader
A true patriot
Who is up for the fight
Who could put fear in
The hearts of those
Who wish to do us harm
Instill terror in
Those cross her
She will not hesitate
To do what must be done
To steady the course
Period
Not afraid of resorting
To extreme measures
That’s for sure
For the greater good
Can she help us?
Can she make it right?
What do we have
To lose by
Trusting her?
She and many others
Will help us
Get back our ROAR!
That’s what we
Need right now
Fearless fighters
Willing to die
For the cause
Without
A thought
To self-preservation
They understand that
There’s a greater purpose
What better way
Is there to end your life?
Than to make it right
To get into some
“Good trouble”
Before you go
No more flinching
From evil
No more flinching
From evil
Don’t be afraid
Join us in this fight
The fight of our lives
The fight of our lives
The Calvary is coming
The Calvary is coming
Have faith!
Have faith!
We are here
Come join us
We welcome you
With open arm
With open arms
Time to wake ‘em up
Time to shake ‘em up
Before it’s too late
B O O M !
Tsunami
Hurricane
Splitting the night in two
Gates of heaven
Open wide
Rivers overflowin’
Fires ragin’ beneath our feet
Spirits have woken
Guardrails have broken
Don’t want to believe it
But it’s true
Don’t want to believe it
But it’s true
Cover your eyes
Cover your ears
Cover your mouth
Hide your tears
Hide your fears
Release your cares
Listening to the sounds
Of your shuffling feet
Dragging those legs
Like they’re dead
No life left
Energy has dried up
No will
To fight the fiend
Who will tear us
To shreds
Without an ounce
Of remorse
He’s more than
Willing to stay the course
Oh, we’re dead in the water now
We’re dead in the water now
Cars screaming’
Careening
Seething
Out of control
Endless crashes
Rubber burning
Waxing poetic
On the cold stone
Knife immobilized
In my heart
My cold, cold heart
Sirens rushing
To the scene
Too late!
Too late!
Too late!
We’re dead in the water now
We’re dead in the water now
Tidal wave
Tsunami
Hurricane
Dangerous minds
Working behind the scenes
Evil genius’ grabbin ‘em
By the you-know-what
Strangling them
With a ligature
Convincing them
That the end
Justifies the means
Demanding total loyalty
No matter the cost
No matter who gets hurt
Just as long as HE
Gets HIS just desserts
Remembering whispered warnings
The signs flashing loud and clear
Alarms bells ringing like drumbeats
Listening to the “Sounds of Silence”
The premonition that Simon wrote
Has come true
And, so, here we are
Easy to convince yourself
That it just can’t be true
It just can’t be true
Oh, stop!
H E A D S-U P
LISTEN Up!
IT’s T R U E
What in God’s name
Is wrong with us?
Need to fess’ up
To our fears
To our human frailties
Need to get a spine
Get back our R O A R !
We are here
The time is now!
How many more
Signs do you need?
The T R U T H hurts !
Sometimes it stings
Like you’re getting
Your face ripped off
And all your left with
Is a pile of shreds
We have a choice
Either keep our
Night blinders on
Or fight
The good fight
Not through violence
But through
Relentless pursuit
Of our goals
To save our planet and
Our democracy
From being
Blown to smithereens
What’cha gonna do
When they come for you?
What’cha gonna do
When they come for you?
Don’t let the lights go out
Don’t let the birds fall from the sky
Don’t let our freedom
Slip through the cracks
Softly
Quietly
Taking away
Our freedoms
And we just sit back
Passively
Ever so polite
While they’re maiming us
And our rights
Just going about
they’re business
Tight white
Stilted suits
Red white and blue ties
Signifying their
Authoritarian lies
With a smirking smile
They think we don’t
Have the Will
Or the courage
To truly challenge them
Ripping our souls out
Thread-by-thread
They don’t care
If we end up dead
Armageddon skies
All around us now
Armageddon skies
All around us now
Yet we fail to act
Fail to take control
Pussyfooting around
Someone needs to
smack us in the face!
Someone needs to
To smack us in the face!
Before it’s too late
Is it too late?
To change course
Too late for us?
For our world?
What a sad way for it to end
Don’t want to say “Amen”
Don’t want to say “Amen”
Don’t want us to be
Dead in the water
The steel-eyed dinosaur
Is she crazy?
Crazy is as crazy does
Is she a lunatic?
Or other worldly?
Or maybe all of the above
Or maybe crazy brilliant?
A genius in disguise
Insight beyond her years
Knowledge so precise
It scares even her
If she’s honest with herself
Or is it so
Incomprehensible
That a woman
Could be a leader
A true patriot
Who is up for the fight
Who could put fear in
The hearts of those
Who wish to do us harm
Instill terror in
Those cross her
She will not hesitate
To do what must be done
To steady the course
Period
Not afraid of resorting
To extreme measures
That’s for sure
For the greater good
Can she help us?
Can she make it right?
What do we have
To lose by
Trusting her?
She and many others
Will help us
Get back our ROAR!
That’s what we
Need right now
Fearless fighters
Willing to die
For the cause
Without
A thought
To self-preservation
They understand that
There’s a greater purpose
What better way
Is there to end your life?
Than to make it right
To get into some
“Good trouble”
Before you go
No more flinching
From evil
No more flinching
From evil
Don’t be afraid
Join us in this fight
The fight of our lives
The fight of our lives
The Calvary is coming
The Calvary is coming
Have faith!
Have faith!
We are here
Come join us
We welcome you
With open arm
With open arms
Time to wake ‘em up
Time to shake ‘em up
Before it’s too late
B O O M !