The Lesson Lyrics

We aren't so different me and you

It's just the things that we've been taught

That draw these lines

And every lesson, every word

Handed-down history with its truth and with its lies

Things we hid in shadows and in the dark

Burst into the light and break apart

Choose your side and stand your ground

The lesson's coming back around

A daughter born into this world

Will meet her end before she even turns eighteen

So we take our sides

On battle lines already drawn

And leave our children in-between

While we shout from the shadows

With broken hearts

A bullet takes its flight

And tears a life apart

Choose your side and stand your ground

The lesson's coming back around

Build it up

Tear it down

It's still coming back

It's still coming back around

Our fathers taught us right from wrong

Our mothers loved us

Whether we were wrong or right

And every lesson, every word

Well, they have brought us to our knees

In this long night

We're still fighting shadows

Here in the dark

But in this burning light

We aren't so far apart

Choose your side and stand your ground

The lesson's coming back around

Build it up

Tear it down

It's still coming back

It's still coming back around