The Lesson

V- We came of age in the Queen and Bowie days Glam metal gods with androgynistic ways We didn’t know they were paving a new way We danced in our underwear while Ziggy Stardust played P- What a time to live, what a time to see With the joy of life running all through me And the word “ally” hadn’t come to mean Anything, because I didn’t see the need… C- Make the future we want to see Raise our voices, set them free Stand up for understanding This is the lesson of love and empathy Takes us all to make it right Arm in arm, we join the fight So much pride in diversity This is the lesson of love and empathy V- We’ve gotta say, in this crazy modern age Most of our spaces are all too far from safe You’ll never know the whole of someone’s life Listen to their stories, before making up your mind P- They are tales of survival and misery Shining light on our responsibility And they give the word “ally” a new meaning Because we choose the side of humanity C- Make the future we want to see Raise our voices, set them free Stand up for understanding This is the lesson of love and empathy Takes us all to make it right Arm in arm, we join the fight So much pride in diversity This is the lesson of love and empathy SOLO OVER CHORUS P- In the face of injustice and suffering We can’t sit idly by while it’s happening And an ally must act for the world to see Being silent is quiet complicity C- Make the future we want to see Raise our voices, set them free Stand up for understanding This is the lesson of love and empathy Takes us all to make it right Arm in arm, we join the fight So much pride in diversity This is the lesson of love and empathy Takes us all to make it right Arm in arm, we join the fight So much pride in diversity This is the lesson of love and empathy This is the lesson of love and empathy