You lost faith in the human spirit
You walk around like a ghost
And your star-spangled heart
Took a train for the coast
And when you shine you're a hilltop mansion
So how'd you lose the light?
Was it blown by the wind
In the still of the night?
You're up against the wall
Up against the wall
There's something dying on the street
When they knock you down
You're gonna get back on your feet
('cause you can't stop now)
I always knew you as a kind of keeper
A mother to a child
But your boys have grown soft
And your girls have gone wild
From the blue ridge, to the black hills
To the redwood sky
A season may pass
But the dream doesn't die
No don't you drop the ball
Up against the wall
There's something dying on the street
When they knock you down
You're gonna get back on your feet
('cause you can't stop now)
When they break your heart
And when they cause your soul to mourn
Remember what I said,
Boy, you was battle born
(No you can't stop now)
You was battle born
And when the night falls on the land
Are you haunted by the sound?
It's gonna take more than a hand
To turn this thing around
Don't you lean it on me
Rescue, set me free
Up against the wall
There's something dying on the street
When they knock you down
You're gonna get back on your feet
('cause you can't stop now)
Did they break your heart?
And did they call your soul to mourn?
Remember what I said,
Boy, you was battle born
('cause you can't stop now)
Come on show your face
Come on give us one more spark
We'll sing a song of fire
Lest we fall into the dark
You never live, you never learn
You never shine, if you never burn
The rising tide, the undertow
The famine and the overflow
The turn away, the welcome home
