[Verse 1]

You lost faith in the human spirit

You walk around like a ghost

And your star-spangled heart

Took a train for the coast

And when you shine, you're a hilltop mansion

So how'd you lose the light?

Was it blown by the wind

In the still of the night?

[Pre-Chorus 1]

You're up against the wall

[Chorus 1]

Up against the wall

There's something dying on the street

When they knock you down

You're gonna to get back on your feet

('Cause you can't stop now)

[Verse 2]

I always saw you as a kind of keeper

A mother to a child

But your boys have grown soft

And your girls have gone wild

From the Blue Ridge to the Black Hills

To the Redwood sky

The season may pass

But the dream doesn't die

[Pre-Chorus 2]

Now don't you drop the ball

[Chorus 2]

Up against the wall

There's something dying on the street

When they knock you down

You're gonna to get back on your feet

(But you can't stop now)

And when they break your heart

And when they cause your soul to mourn

Remember what I said

"Boy, you was battle born"

(But you can't stop now)

[Post-Chorus]

You was battle born

[Bridge]

And when the night falls on the land

Are you haunted by the sound?

It's going to take more than a hand

To turn this thing around

Won't you lean it on me?

Rescue, set me free

[Chorus 3]

You're up against the wall (up against the wall)

There's something dying on the street

When they knock you down (up against the wall)

You're gonna to get back on your feet

('Cause you can't stop now, 'cause you can't stop now)

And did they break your heart? (did they break your heart?)

And did they cause your soul to mourn? (cause your soul to mourn?)

Remember what I said (remember what I said)

"Boy, you was battle born" (you were battle born)

('Cause you can't stop now, 'cause you can't stop now)

Come on show your face (come on, show your face)

Come on give us one more spark (give us one more spark)

We'll sing your song of fire (we'll sing your song of fire)

Lest we fall into the dark (fall into the dark)

('Cause you can't stop now, no, you can't stop now)

[Outro]

You never live, you never learn

You never shine if you never burn

A rising tide, the undertow

The famine and the overflow

Well, turn away, welcome home