[Verse 1]

Helpless endeavor

(Give up, give in now)

Shackled and tethered

(Don’t cope, don’t reach out)

[Pre-Chorus]

Caught up in the ways, stuck in a cage

Been twisted and maimed

Try to escape before I break

[Chorus]

We’re battered and weakened

Nearly defeated

We’ve taken our beatings

So we can rise again

So we can rise again

So we can rise again

We've taken our beatings

So we can rise again

[Verse 2]

It’s getting dim, the dusk approaches, and we’re losing hope

It’s sinking in, we’re branded by the lies we’re told, lies we’re told

Struggles and failures, enduring abuse

A permanent reminder that we can’t take it back

[Chorus]

We’re battered and weakened

Nearly defeated

We’ve taken our beatings

So we can rise again

So we can rise again

So we can rise again

[Bridge]

Caught up in the ways, stuck in a cage

Been twisted and maimed

Try to escape before I break

[Chorus]

We’re battered and weakened

Nearly defeated

We’ve taken our beatings

So we can rise again

So we can rise again

So we can rise again