This Time

Friends listen closely, I won't say this twice
 Hope's running out and we haven't much time
 Please understand that the life we once planned out is over
 Now is the time you must fight for your lives
 The battle is on, you're already in sight
 Don't turn back now, there's nowhere to hide
 Nowhere to build a new world
 Nowhere to start anew
 Here, now, is all that we've got
 Ready or not there's a war to be fought
 Only one way through
 This time
 The ways of the past we'll get over
 We'll climb
 Enlightened, a new state of mind
 And now
 I'll stand with you shoulder to shoulder
 Out of the ashes, a new flame ignites
 Rise up from shadows and into the light
 We'll stand undivided, our futures aligned
 A new brotherhood
 This time
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 This warning is dire, my words you must hear
 A kingdom in shambles, a downfall is near
 Yet I still believe that the peace we'll achieve's growing closer
 The first blood must spill like a wine at a feast
 The good only comes once the carnage has ceased
 Fight or die
 There'll be no release
 No way to avoid the warfare
 No way to escape this strife
 Here, now, listen to me
 This time retreat spells our final defeat
 We must win our lives
 This time
 The ways of the past we'll get over
 We'll climb
 Enlightened, a new state of mind
 And now
 I'll stand with you shoulder to shoulder
 Out of the ashes, a new flame ignites
 Rise up from shadows and into the light
 We'll stand undivided
 Our futures aligned
 A new brotherhood
 It's time
 The world sees what we're made of
 We change the spite to love (its time)
 To save our fate
 And walk beside the human race
 The past is gone, but soon behind us
 Victory through trust and kindness
 Here, now
 We will restore
 The path we've been shown to while fighting our own
 We will win this war
 This time
 The ways of the past we'll get over
 We'll climb
 Enlightened, a new state of mind
 And now
 I'll stand with you shoulder to shoulder
 Out of the ashes, a new flame ignites
 Rise up from shadows and into the light
 We'll stand undivided
 Our futures aligned
 A new brotherhood
 This time