1. MAKE IT STOP

Bang, bang go the coffin nails, like a breath exhaled,
Then gone forever.
It seems like just yesterday, how did I miss the red flags raised?
Think back the days we laughed.
We braved these bitter storms together.
Brought to his knees he cried,
But on his feet he died.

What God would damn a heart?
And what God drove us apart?
What God could

Make it stop,
Let this end.
Eighteen years pushed to the ledge.
It's come to this,
A weightless step.
On the way down singing,

Bang, bang from the closet walls,
The schoolhouse halls,
The shotgun's loaded.
Push me and I'll push back.
I'm done asking, I demand.

From a nation under God,
I feel its love like a cattle prod.
born free.
I'm born free, but still they hate.
born me.
I'm born me, no, I can't change.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.
So stay awake with me, let's prove them wrong.

Make it stop.
Let this end.
Eighteen years pushed to the ledge.
It's come to this.
A weightless step.
On the way down singing.

The cold river washed him away,
But how could we forget?
The gatherings hold candles, but not their tongues.

And too much blood has flown from the wrists
Of the children shamed for those they chose to kiss.
Who will rise to stop the blood?

We're calling for,
Insisting on, a different beat,
A brand new song.

Tyler Clementi, age 18.
Billy Lucas, age 15.
Harrison Chase Brown, age 15
Cody J. Barker, age 17
Seth Walsh, age 13.

Make it stop.
Let this end.
(Felix Sacco, age 17)
This life chose me, I'm not lost in sin.
(Asher Brown, Age 13)
But proud I stand of who I am.
I plan to go on living.
(Caleb Nolt, Age 14)

Make it stop.
Let this end,
(Raymond Chase, Age 19)
All these years pushed to the ledge,
But proud I stand, of who I am.
I plan to go on living.


2. LANTERNS

This night will fall like any other
Daylight subsides and shadows crawl
Out from under black corners
Hiding something
Stirs, all so restless
Cracked windows open wide
Dead-bolt turns doors creak open
With stars and moonlight there to guide

Come raise your lantern to the sky
Can we illuminate this night?
We'll dance like heathens round a flame
While the world sleeps we are awake

The black brook calls
It sings a chorus
While the gathering swells
The flames grow tall
Right before us
As drums keep pounding
And the masses now are fusing
Bodies pressed and tangled
As we revel in confusion
Our inhibitions thrown into the fire

Come raise your lantern to the sky
Can we illuminate this night?
We'll dance like heathens round a flame
While the world sleeps we are awake

Here in the dark we are safe from the judgement
Now arm in arm locked tight so no one gets in
The heaven-sent say, "Child, you are hell-bent."
But hell is not where we're going
Hell's where we've been

Come raise your lantern to the sky
And let's illuminate this night
We'll dance like heathens round the flame
And while the world sleeps we are awake

Raise your lantern to the sky
And let's illuminate this night
We'll dance like heathens around the flames
And while the world sleeps we are awake
We are awake
(raise your lantern to the sky)
We are awake
We are awake
(now raise your lantern to the sky)
We are awake
Yeah we are awake