Helpless endeavor (Give up, give in now)
Shackled and tethered
(Don't cope, don't reach out)

Caught up in the ways, stuck in a cage
Been twisted and maimed
Try to escape before I break

We're battered and weakened nearly defeated
We've taken our beatings
So we can rise again so we can rise again
So we can rise again
We've taken our beatings
So we can rise again

It's getting dim, the dusk approaches
And we're losing hope
It's sinking in, we're branded by
The lies we're told, lies we're told
Struggles and failures, enduring abuse
A permanent reminder that we
Can't take it back

We're battered and weakened nearly defeated
We've taken our beatings
So we can rise again so we can rise again
So we can rise again
We've taken our beatings
So we can rise again

We're battered and weakened nearly defeated
We've taken our beatings
So we can rise again so we can rise again
So we can rise again

Caught up in the ways, stuck in a cage
Been twisted and maimed
Try to escape before I break

We're battered and weakened nearly defeated
We've taken our beatings
So we can rise again so we can rise again
So we can rise again
We've taken our beatings
So we can rise again

We're battered and weakened nearly defeated
We've taken our beatings
So we can rise again so we can rise again
So we can rise again