[Intro]

There’s never been a war caused by kindness

There’s never been wound suffered by acceptance and compromise

There’s never been a life taken by the use of an open mind

But it seems like understanding is hard to find

[Verse 1]

I read about a man who suffered for what he believed in

He dreamed about a day that’d bring equality to human kind

Somebody shot the man down, for the thoughts in his mind

[Pre-Chorus]

What happened to understanding

What about the dream of love

Never did the act of sharing this whole world

'Cause humanity to fall

[Chorus]

I just wanna live my life on the bright side

I wanna choose to believe, in the quality of humankind

Because there’s going to be some hard times

Something's got to push me through the night

I just want to live now, I just want to survive this old world

I just want to live on the bright side

[Post-Chorus]

Ooh-yeah

[Verse 2]

Now we around the world, know the feeling of mistrust

It's been bred throughout the centuries, and human lives

But we’ve got to break this chain if we ever gonna continue as a civilization, no

Got to break this chain, or just, deepen the divide

[Verse 3]

Now maybe there’s a heaven up above or on the other side

And maybe there’s a god, who knows that we ain’t never gonna understand, or get along

No we can’t conceive to living like the one who calls the shots without the open mind

[Pre-Chorus]

'Cause what about our children, how they gonna survive, oh no?

What about your brothers and sisters now?

You gonna wait for them to change the tide?

[Chorus]

I just wanna live my life on the bright side, yeah

I wanna choose to believe in the quality of humankind

Because there’s going to be some dark times in the fight, to survive

'Cause what if there’s no heaven?

What if there’s no God?

What if there’s no understanding

What this is all about?

[Post-Chorus]

Oh yeah

[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus]

Maybe we could live this life on the bright side

And maybe we could choose to believe in the in the goodness of humankind

Because there’s going to be some hard times

Somethings got to push us through the night

I just want to live, I just want all of us to survive this old world

I just want to live, and die on the bright side