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