Resistance

By Queensrÿche

On Empire

Released on August 20, 1990

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[Verse 1]

Protests in New York

Listen to the call of the wild

Brothers, sisters carrying signs

Breathe deep before it's too late

The sky is falling, burning your eyes

Down in New Orleans, river's boiling

Nothing living, nothing to eat

Thank the Lord, daddy's working 8 to 5

Paying the doctor, baby's got cancer


[Pre-Chorus]

(Give and take)

Has all we've learned been wrong?

(Look around) At what we've been given

Maybe we've taken too long


[Chorus 1]

(Resistance) Shouts the man on the right

Can't solve the problem overnight

(Resistance) Listen to the call of the wild


[Verse 2]

Burning coal

Got to keep the company warm

As the rain keeps killing the trees

Cut 'em down quick, pay the man his wage

He's making paper to fuel the Information Age

Out in the Midwest

Hear the roar of the plough

Turning grassland into sand

Gotta feed the people more every day

But the wind keeps blowing the land away


[Pre-Chorus]

(Give and take)

Has all we've learned been wrong?

(Look around) At what we've been given

Maybe we've taken too long


[Chorus 2]

(Resistance) Shouts the man on the right

Can't solve the problem overnight

(Resistance) Liberal opposition crying, "Violation

Stop the madness!"

(Resistance) Through the din

One voice we should hear

(Resistance) Listen to the call of the wild


[Guitar Solo - Michael Wilton]


[Bridge]

There's no easy solution

The price is high and it's time to pay

Turn of the century vision

Focused on a better way


[Chorus 2]

(Resistance) Shouts the man on the right

Can't solve the problem overnight

(Resistance) Liberal opposition crying, "Violation

Stop the madness!"

(Resistance) Through the din

One voice we should hear

(Resistance) Listen to the call of the wild