I used to be a dreamer I walked in plains of gold Saw beauty in the eyes of everyone Now I walk in strange lands My heart has turned to stone Frightened by the dark that soon will follow The flame we carry with dreams in our eyes Is the one that will rise again Our road is heavy, it's full of disguise That we pay for with drops of pain And though we have bled the crimson tide Here under the weight of an iron sky We rise Got to carry the flame, the time has come We rise All together we stand to rise above Out of the shadows and into the light Hear the echoes of history No more deception and no more disguise Come the dawn of a lasting day And though we have bled the crimson tide Here under the weight of an iron sky We rise Got to carry the flame, the time has come We rise All together we stand To rise above We rise Got to carry the flame, the time has come We rise All together we stand, yeah Carry the flame Look to the sky Carry the flame up high Carry the flame Hope will survive The time has come, we rise We rise We rise We rise