Tear away the veil of lies Sight is coming to the blind Were standing at the threshold Our destiny's arrived The ancient cloak The twisted hold That once bound humanity Oppressive bonds are crumbling Hate filled doctrines and fantasies You won't hold me down I've tasted freedom Cast my chains to the ground You won't hold me down This is just beginning Your world is turning upside down Damn them and their sympathy Their talk of love and peace Just as I am on bended knee But always just beyond our reach We are here and now Fire water earth and sea We are all there is We are all we need. (Right?) The system was broken Left us all out in the rain The paradigm has shifter We ll take the place where we belong You won't hold me down I've tasted freedom Cast my chains to the ground You won't hold me down This is just beginning Your world is turning upside down You can't hold me down I've tasted freedom Cast my chains to the ground You can't hold me down This is my beginning I'm turning your world upside down