What would it take to shake you, wake you from this dream To make you stumble to your feet to face the light, to feel the heat Cause you have slept, though prophets preach and sirens scream To break your placid vista's silence, a palisade of passive violence And if I can't get through to you, I fear what that could mean So shed your signal-jamming, Goddamned vanity We're spinning out towards calamity The hourglass is running out Against complacency and doubt Infernos close that must be doused Don't turn a blind eye to this burning house The time is now, the time is now No circumventing this, you can't just walk away The blood of generations stains you, and testifies of all you feign to be And bites the corner of your conscience just to see if you can feel And holds you up against the glow to find out if you're real Or are you numb, a native son of this creeping hell An heir apparent set to watch the ashes fall It's time to show us all The hourglass is running out Against complacency and doubt Infernos close that must be doused Don't turn a blind eye to this burning house The time is now, the time is now It's not a question of your understanding only, but your empathy A test, a trial on display under the guiding eye of history This is the moment you make clear the scope and depth of your ability To meet the measure of your moment, to keep the promise of your destiny The hourglass is running out Against complacency and doubt Infernos close that must be doused Don't turn a blind eye to this burning house The time is now, the time is now