Battle Born

You lost faith in the human spirit

You walk around like a ghost

And your star-spangled heart

Took a train for the coast

And when you shine, you're a hilltop mansion

So, how'd you lose the light?

Was it blown by the wind

In the still of the night?

We're up against the wall

Up against the wall

There's somethin' dying on the street

When they knock you down

You're gonna get back on your feet (No, you can't stop now)

I always saw you as a kind of keeper

A mother to a child

But your boys have grown soft

And your girls have gone wild

From the Blue Ridge to the Black Hills

To the redwood sky

The season may pass

But the dream doesn't die

Now, don't you drop the ball

Up against the wall

There's somethin' dying on the street

When they knock you down

You're gonna get back on your feet (No, you can't stop now)

And when they break your heart

And when they cause your soul to mourn

Remember what I said

Boy, you was battle born (No, you can't stop now)

You was battle born

And when the night falls on the land

Are you haunted by the sound?

It's gonna take more than a hand

To turn this thing around

Won't you lean it on me?

Rescue, set me free

Up against the wall (Up against the wall)

There's somethin' dying on the street

When they knock you down (Up against the wall)

You're gonna get back on your feet ('Cause you can't stop now)

('Cause you can't stop now)

And did they break your heart? (And did they break your heart?)

And did they cause your soul to mourn? (Cause your soul to mourn)

Remember what I said (Remember what I said)

Boy, you was battle born (You were battle born)

('Cause you can't stop now, 'cause you can't stop now)

Come on, show your face (Come on, show your face)

Come on, give us one more spark (Give us one more spark)

And sing a song of fire (And sing a song of fire)

Lest we fall into the dark (Fall into the dark)

(No, you can't stop now, 'cause you can't stop now)

You never live, if you never learn

You never shine, if you never burn

The rising tide, the undertow

The famine and the overflow

The turn away, the welcome home