i'm not waiting

it's coming down on us all

time to watch the world fall

as we sit on the sidelines

all our pride is gone

but we can crush everything we've set in motion

if we choose to make a change

instill in me the death of thoughtlessness

take out the sickness

i wanna find something much

bigger than me

this feeling of darkness tears me down

living life under a black cloud

through self-destruction we'll resist

we can be bigger than this

it's time to wake the fire in me

nothing here on earth can hold me down

here on earth we stand our ground

i just can't help but be ashamed

that we didn't take these steps in the first place

so i refuse to live this life and have nothing to show

i'm sick of watching it come down and holding onto hope

that someone else is gonna save the world

it can't wait

but we can fix it with the choices we make

this is home and i can't let it go but it's dying slow

if we don't stop

we'll let it go up in smoke

i can't just stand idly by and watch it die

it hinges on the next move

we can turn this all around if we chose

so i'm not waiting for you

can't see the future

but i refuse to stand on my knees

so i'm not waiting for you

it's up to us to change the problems we see

it's on me

can't see the future

but i refuse to stay on my knees

so i'm not waiting for you

it's on me

it's up to us to change the problems we see

that sinking feeling in my head

this planet's slow and painful death

i try to put it all in perspective but i can't

our world has gone to shit and we just sat there and we let it tear to bits