[00:27.06]Mornings hard coffees cold
[00:31.91]Pretending that the days mean more than getting old
[00:36.22]
[00:37.03]Stale headlines other drenched in pride
[00:42.28]Marching to their drum with fear standing beside
[00:46.33]
[00:46.89]But if I close my eyes and throw back my head
[00:50.88]
[00:51.57]I can see his face and I hear the words he said
[00:56.32]
[00:57.31]And my memories ache and my senses burn
[01:00.88]
[01:01.99]Did he dream too late will we ever learn
[01:06.06]
[01:07.93]I, I want to testify
[01:09.66]
[01:11.47]My love still lives and breathes
[01:14.21]And my soul is screaming why
[01:15.90]
[01:16.65]The thoughts wont let me sleep
[01:18.46]
[01:19.15]Dont let hearts break
[01:21.08]
[01:22.01]And dont let children cry
[01:23.51]
[01:24.14]Before it gets too late
[01:26.50]I want to testify
[01:28.01]
[01:38.99]I take whats said as my daily dread
[01:42.40]
[01:43.96]I turn the page and I turn my head
[01:48.07]
[01:49.07]I pick I choose on the evening news
[01:52.75]
[01:54.06]Cause by cause they fight and one by one they lose
[01:58.83]Must I live my days in these concrete ways
[02:02.94]
[02:03.63]Will the fire break through this smokey haze
[02:07.82]
[02:09.19]And I swear tonight Im gonna find that place
[02:13.05]
[02:14.06]Its not the love that dies but the understanding ways
[02:17.05]
[02:19.62]I, I want to testify
[02:21.99]
[02:23.48]My love still lives and breathes
[02:25.30]
[02:25.92]And my soul is screaming why
[02:27.73]
[02:28.54]The thoughts wont let me sleep
[02:30.29]
[02:30.91]Dont let hearts break
[02:32.29]
[02:33.96]And dont let children cry
[02:35.41]
[02:36.09]Before it gets too late
[02:38.45]I want to testify
[02:39.84]
[02:40.82]Rip through the wire that screens in my window
[02:43.83]
[02:44.95]Throw open the shade that covers my mind
[02:49.07]
[02:50.13]Im going to touch Ive got to believe
[02:53.50]
[02:55.31]The bell tolls for me
[03:01.05]
[03:01.61]I, I want to testify
[03:03.23]
[03:04.41]My love still lives and breathes
[03:06.92]And my soul is screaming why
[03:08.53]
[03:09.41]The thoughts wont let me sleep
[03:11.16]
[03:12.03]Dont let hearts break
[03:13.65]And dont let children cry
[03:16.02]
[03:16.96]Before it gets too late
[03:18.51]
[03:19.39]I want to testify