Name: Rise Up
Duration: P00H04M27S
Description: This is one of the tracks of the new Brothers in Law album, Ashes and Dust, which will be available soon.

Rise Up

by James Wakeling and the Brothers in Law

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This is one of the tracks of the new Brothers in Law album, Ashes and Dust, which will be available soon.

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I want to rise up
I want to rise above

Everyone knows that every things broken
Scattered in pieces lying around
With all the palaces and cathedrals razed to the ground
We stood around and gazed at the rubble
And wondered how this all came to pass
Who dropped the bomb set the river on fire
Threw the stone, broke the glass

I want to rise up
I want to rise above
I want to soar on the wings of love and rise above

Somebody said the wall should be higher
We cut down trees cause we needed the wood
Then turned our backs stuck our heads in the sand
'cause we all understood
And we saw the wave was coming
But never made it to higher ground
So we tried to work out who lived
Who had left, who was drowned

I want to rise up
I want to rise above
I want to soar on the wings of love and rise above

And we thought the plague unlikely
But it was always ready to strike
And so we argued who got it wrong and who got it right
Then I went down to sit by river
And sit amongst the garbage and flowers
And now I'm lying here the gutter
Looking up, at the stars

I want to rise up
I want to rise above
I want to soar on the wings of love and rise above

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released January 25, 2023
Produced by James Wakeling & Shane O'Mara
Written by James Wakeling
Recorded by by Shane O'Mara
Mastered by Mikey Young
Vocals, guitars and auxiliary percussion James Wakeling
Bass guitar Tim Nikolsky
Drums Harry O'Mara
Background vocals Shane O'Mara and Margot Leighton

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