We got a sickness made of silence that's been spreading all around us And there's no comfort in our crying, because our crying is no cure There's no beauty in the bullets that make the lining of our streets There's no prayers left for the fallen who were sacrificed for "peace" So now we're praying for revival because we've got to earn our keep The souls of those whose taught us are uneasy in their sleep We're praying for revival of the spirit that's grown weak We're praying for revival and there's no patience Left for peace We got a fire that's been burning long before we started nursing The smoke had choked our mothers while we struggled in the womb And our fathers who cried out had young with ashes left to guide them Left with blood-worn boots their tiny feet were never meant to fill So now we're praying for revival with only nickels to our name For those who came before us stripped their young of any claim We're praying for revival because they profit off the broken We're praying for revival of our living That's been stolen We've got a country where the ghosts are living lively all among us The lip service of our leaders feeds their families every day And these ghosts will haunt us since they know our hell is overflowing They're scared that those same fires that shaped the best of us today So now we're praying for revival because our enemy is weak The blood that's shared among us beats too strong to keep us meek We're praying for revival 'cause now time is on our side We're praying for revival and we will not Be denied We're praying for revival because our enemy is weak The fear that fed our anger will soon strangle their mystique We're praying for revival now that time is on our side We're praying for revival and we will not be denied Yeah we're praying for revival because our enemy is weak The blood that's shared among us beats too strong to keep us meek Yeah we're praying for revival 'cause now time is on our side We're praying for revival and we will not Be denied