We've cut the blooms from our roses All we're left with is thorns In spite of our face we've cut off our noses Set up to fail since the day we were born So what can we do? We must demand to be heard Before there's nothing left to call our own Resistance must be futile We've got nowhere so far Refuse to accept this is all we are I refuse to fall in line, leave the past behind When it's made us who we are Embrace the truth, find the strength in you Help each other carry on We've set ourselves up for failure We've given up on the fight We've forgot what we've learned from our fathers Erased our history to the point we forget Where do we go from here? Can it be reconciled? We can't repeat what we've already done We've learned nothing from the past How long you think it will last Before we turn and it all comes undone I Refuse to fall in line, leave the past behind When it's made us who we are Embrace the truth, find the strength in you Help each other carry on We can find compassion in unlikely places If we stand together, They cannot break us I refuse to fall in line, leave the past behind When it's made us who we are Embrace the truth, find the strength in you Help each other carry on We're all the same, The only difference is the sound of our names I may have not Been what you've been through, just know I will stand by you