The Volunteers - Lyric Video

Lost in the chaos we all heard an inner voice
Telling us we were different and that it was our choice
To leave behind the calmest home we ever knew
To be here in this moment to usher in the truth

We were so angry that the world could just move along
Leaving us to sort through all that had gone wrong
We placed everything we hold dear in harm’s way
While the other ninety-nine percent just hid away

So here’s to the ones who had to watch the world they knew
Burn to the ground with every realization of truth
When others cowered in fear, we rose up and persevered
We are the battle-scarred but never broken volunteers

We’ll bring it all up, up, up, up, up
Soaring like a flock of dove, dove, dove, doves
They tried to shoot us down by slinging their mud
But we’re just getting started bringing everything up

And though we are only one percent, we’re enough
To knock down their brick house of lies with just a single puff
We are the whistleblowers shining light in the darkest of places
We are the parents who fought to keep the sunlight on our kids’ faces

So here’s to the ones who had to watch the world they knew
Burn to the ground with every realization of truth
When others cowered in fear, we rose up and persevered
We are the battle-scarred but never broken volunteers

We’ll bring it all up, up, up, up, up
Soaring like a flock of dove, dove, dove, doves
They tried to shoot us down by slinging their mud
But we’re just getting started bringing everything up

And one by one we began to awaken from their spell
Now nothing can stop what is coming, come high water or hell

So in the name of all that is red and white and blue
We’ll build a new world with every single ray of truth
‘Cause when the whole world drowned in fear, we rose up ‘cause our mission was clear
The time had finally come for the twenty-first century volunteers

We’ll bring it all up, up, up, up, up
Soaring like a flock of dove, dove, dove, doves
They tried to shoot us down by slinging their mud
But we’re just getting started bringing everything up

And the stories our descendants will hear
Will tell of the twenty-first century volunteers