The Lesson Lyrics

We came of age in the Queen and Bowie days

Glam metal gods with androgynistic ways

We didn't know they were paving a new way

We danced in our underwear while Ziggy Stardust played

What a time to live, what a time to see

With the joy of life running all through me

And the word "ally" hadn't come to mean

Anything, because I didn't see the need…

Make the future we want to see

Raise our voices, set them free

Stand up for understanding

This is the lesson of love and empathy

Takes us all to make it right

Arm in arm, we join the fight

So much pride in diversity

This is the lesson of love and empathy

We've gotta say, in this crazy modern age

Most of our spaces are all too far from safe

You'll never know the whole of someone's life

Listen to their stories, before making up your mind

They are tales of survival and misery

Shining light on our responsibility

And they give the word "ally" a new meaning

Because we choose the side of humanity

Make the future we want to see

Raise our voices, set them free

Stand up for understanding

This is the lesson of love and empathy

Takes us all to make it right

Arm in arm, we join the fight

So much pride in diversity

This is the lesson of love and empathy

In the face of injustice and suffering

We can't sit idly by while it's happening

And an ally must act for the world to see

Being silent is quiet complicity

Make the future we want to see

Raise our voices, set them free

Stand up for understanding

This is the lesson of love and empathy

Takes us all to make it right

Arm in arm, we join the fight

So much pride in diversity

This is the lesson of love and empathy

Takes us all to make it right

Arm in arm, we join the fight

So much pride in diversity

This is the lesson of love and empathy

This is the lesson of love and empathy