There's a razor ripping through the open sky
There's a river overflowing on the rise
Through the window I see syncopated time
On the fly, ooh, ooh...
It's a high wire act with no net for us all
And we live with a subtle fear of the trip and fall
Into someplace that we've never been before
It's in the shadows, ooh, ooh...
The system's broke that much is clear
And the ugly truth is all too real
People gotta come together
Really need to come together
Seems like the inmates are running the asylum
And they do things that they say things to divide us
It's their tricky way of keeping their control
Can't let that happen, ooh, ooh...
The system's broke that much is clear
And the ugly truth is all too real
People gotta come together
Really need to come together
Left, right, in between
Come together
Before we lose sight of the dream
Come together as one
Oh say can't you see
We need to be together
For the sake of all humanity
Come together as one
Together's where we have our strength and power
Forever is what's dangling on the line
You ain't safe up there in your ivory tower
It's what we need to do to survive
It's what we need to do
Left, right, in between
Come together
Before we lose sight of the dream
Come together as one
Oh say can't you see
We need to be together
For the sake of all humanity
Come together as one
Come together in love
We can work it out, we can work it out
Yea, yea, yea...