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Hardcore punk, or simply hardcore, is a subgenre of punk rock that originated in southern California, USA and the UK in 1980.

This sound was generally faster and more abrasive than classic punk rock. The songs are usually short, fast, and loud, often covering topics such as politics, social issues, animal liberation, anti-war, straight edge and also personal issues.

Hardcore has spawned several fusion genres and subgenres, such as crossover thrash Read Full BioHardcore punk, or simply hardcore, is a subgenre of punk rock that originated in southern California, USA and the UK in 1980.

This sound was generally faster and more abrasive than classic punk rock. The songs are usually short, fast, and loud, often covering topics such as politics, social issues, animal liberation, anti-war, straight edge and also personal issues.

Hardcore has spawned several fusion genres and subgenres, such as crossover thrash, melodic hardcore, d-beat, powerviolence and post-hardcore), while others such as crust or grindcore have acquired an underground following.

Examples of hardcore:
Minor Threat
Millions Of Dead Cops
Black Flag
Dead Kennedys
Bad Brains
Jerry's Kids
Negative Approach

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01Prayer of the Refugee Rise Against

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02Savior Rise Against

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03Give It All Rise Against

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04Holiday in Cambodia Dead Kennedys

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05Lush Life Zara Larsson

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06Ready to Fall Rise Against

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07Under the Knife Rise Against

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08Injection Rise Against

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09Rise Above Black Flag

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24Where Eagles Dare Misfits

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Prayer of the Refugee
Rise Against Lyrics

Warm yourself by the fire, son
And the morning will come soon
I'll tell you stories of a better time
In a place that we once knew

Before we packed our bags
And left all this behind us in the dust
We had a place that we could call home
And a life no one could touch

Don't hold me up now
I can stand my own ground
I don't need your help now
You will let me down, down, down!
Don't hold me up now
I can stand my own ground
I don't need your help now
You will let me down, down, down!

We are the angry and the desperate
The hungry, and the cold
We're the ones who kept quiet
And always did what we were told

But we've been sweating while you slept so calm
In the safety of your home
We've been pulling out the nails that hold up
Everything you've known

Don't hold me up now
I can stand my own ground
I don't need your help now
You will let me down, down, down!
Don't hold me up now
I can stand my own ground
I don't need your help now
You will let me down, down, down!

So open your eyes, child
Let's be on our way
Broken windows and ashes
Are guiding the way

Keep quiet no longer
We'll sing through the day
Of the lives that we've lost
And the lives we've reclaimed

Don't hold me up now
I can stand my own ground
I don't need your help now
You will let me down, down, down!
Don't hold me up now
I can stand my own ground
I don't need your help now
You will let me down, down, down!

Don't hold me up
(I don't need your help, I'll stand my ground)
Don't hold me up
(I don't need your help)
No! No! No!
Don't hold me up!
(I don't need your help, I'll stand my ground)
Don't hold me up!
(I don't need your help, I'll stand my ground)
Don't let me down, down, down, down, down!

Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: BRANDON BARNES, CHRISTOPHER CHASSE, JOSEPH PRINCIPE, TIMOTHY MCILRATH

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Manguy777

1y↑392

Warm yourself by the fire, son
And the morning will come soon
I’ll tell you stories of a better time
In a place that we once knew
Before we packed our bags
And left all this behind us in the dust
We had a place that we could call home
And a life no one could touch

[Chorus]
Don’t hold me up now
I can stand my own ground
I don’t need your help now
You will let me down, down, down!
Don’t hold me up now
I can stand my own ground
I don’t need your help now
You will let me down, down, down!
Down!

[Verse 2]
We are the angry and the desperate
The hungry and the cold
We are the ones who kept quiet
And always did what we were told
But we’ve been sweating
While you slept so calm in the safety of your home
We’ve been pulling out the nails
That hold up everything you’ve known

[Chorus]
Don’t hold me up now
I can stand my own ground
I don’t need your help now
You will let me down, down, down!
Don’t hold me up now
I can stand my own ground
I don’t need your help now
You will let me down, down, down!

[Bridge]
So open your eyes, child
Let’s be on our way
Broken windows and ashes
Are guiding the way
Keep quiet no longer
We’ll sing through the day
Of the lives that we’ve lost
And the lives we’ve reclaimed
Go!

[Chorus]
Don’t hold me up now
I can stand my own ground
I don’t need your help now
You will let me down, down, down!
Don’t hold me up now
I can stand my own ground
I don’t need your help now
You will let me down, down, down!
Down!

[Outro]
Don’t hold me up!
(I don’t need your help, I’ll stand my ground)
Don’t hold me up!
(I don’t need your help)
No! No! No!
Don’t hold me up!
(I don’t need your help, I’ll stand my ground)
Don’t hold me up!
(I don’t need your help, I’ll stand my ground)
Don’t let me down, down, down, down, down!

RoolaRoo

3y↑727

Lyrics:

Warm yourself by the fire, son
And the morning will come soon
I'll tell you stories of a better time
In a place that we once knew

Before we packed our bags
And left all this behind us in the dust
We had a place that we could call home
And a life no one could touch

So don't hold me up now
I can stand my own ground
I don't need your help now
You will let me down, down, down!
Don't hold me up now
I can stand my own ground
I don't need your help now
You will let me down, down, down!

We are the angry and the desperate
The hungry, and the cold
We're the ones who kept quiet
And always did what we were told

But we've been sweating while you slept so calm
In the safety of your home
We've been pulling out the nails that hold up
Everything you've known

Don't hold me up now
I can stand my own ground
I don't need your help now
You will let me down, down, down!
Don't hold me up now
I can stand my own ground
I don't need your help now
You will let me down, down, down!

So open your eyes, child
Let's be on our way
Broken windows and ashes
Are guiding the way

Keep quiet no longer
We'll sing through the day
Of the lives that we've lost
And the lives we've reclaimed

Don't

Don't hold me up now
I can stand my own ground
I don't need your help now
You will let me down, down, down!
Don't hold me up now
I can stand my own ground
I don't need your help now
You will let me down, down, down!

Don't hold me up
(I don't need your help, I'll stand my ground)
Don't hold me up
(I don't need your help)
No! No! No!
Don't hold me up!
(I don't need your help, I'll stand my ground)
Don't hold me up!
(I don't need your help, I'll stand my ground)
Don't let me down, down, down, down, down!

Roi Cano

1y↑6

Warm yourself by the fire, son
And the morning will come soon
I'll tell you stories of a better time
In a place that we once knew
Before we packed our bags
And left all this behind us in the dust
We had a place that we could call home
And a life no one could touch

Don't hold me up now
I can stand my own ground
I don't need your help now
You will let me down, down, down!
Don't hold me up now
I can stand my own ground
I don't need your help now
You will let me down, down, down!

We are the angry and the desperate
The hungry, and the cold
We're the ones who kept quiet
And always did what we were told
But we've been sweating while you slept so calm
In the safety of your home
We've been pulling out the nails that hold up
Everything you've known

Don't hold me up now
I can stand my own ground
I don't need your help now
You will let me down, down, down!
Don't hold me up now
I can stand my own ground
I don't need your help now
You will let me down, down, down!

So open your eyes, child
Let's be on our way
Broken windows and ashes
Are guiding the way
Keep quiet no longer
We'll sing through the day
Of the lives that we've lost
And the lives we've reclaimed

Don't hold me up now
I can stand my own ground
I don't need your help now
You will let me down, down, down!

Don't hold me up now
I can stand my own ground
I don't need your help now
You will let me down, down, down!

Don't hold me up
(I don't need your help, I'll stand my ground)

Don't hold me up
(I don't need your help)

No! No! No!

Don't hold me up!
(I don't need your help, I'll stand my ground)

Don't hold me up!

(I don't need your help, I'll stand my ground)
Don't let me down, down, down, down, down!

Wildan Nanda Wicaksana

51w↑4

Warm yourself by the fire, son
And the morning will come soon
I'll tell you stories of a better time
In a place that we once knew
Before we packed our bags
And left all this behind us in the dust
We had a place that we could call home
And a life no one could touch
Don't hold me up now
I can stand my own ground
I don't need your help now
You won't let me down, down, down!
Don't hold me up now
I can stand my own ground
I don't need your help now
You won't let me down, down, down, down!
We are the angry and the desperate
The hungry, and the cold
We are the ones who kept quiet
And always did what we were told
But we've been sweating while you slept so calm
In the safety of your home
We've been pulling out the nails that hold up
Everything you've known
Don't hold me up now
I can stand my own ground
I don't need your help now
You won't let me down, down, down!
Don't hold me up now
I can stand my own ground
I don't need your help now
You won't let me down, down, down!
So open your eyes child
Let's be on our way
Broken windows and ashes
Are guiding the way
Keep quiet no longer
We'll sing through the day
Of the lives that we've lost
And the lives we've reclaimed
Go!
Don't hold me up now
I can stand my own ground
I don't need your help now
You won't let me down, down, down!
Don't hold me up now
I can stand my own ground
I don't need your help now
You won't let me down, down, down!
Don't hold me up...
(I don't need your help, I'll stand my ground)
Don't hold me up...
(I don't need your help)
No! No! No! Don't hold me up...
(I don't need your help, I'll stand my ground)
Don't hold me up...
(I don't need your help, I'll stand my ground)
Don't let me down, down, down, down, down!

Nooble

2y↑190

Brendan Loney

27w↑2

“Warm yourself by the fire, son
And the morning will come soon
I'll tell you stories of a better time
In a place that we once knew
Before we packed our bags
And left all this behind us in the dust
We had a place that we could call home
And a life no one could touch
Don't hold me up now
I can stand my own ground
I don't need your help now
You will let me down, down, down!
Don't hold me up now
I can stand my own ground
I don't need your help now
You will let me down, down, down!
We are the angry and the desperate
The hungry, and the cold
We're the ones who kept quiet
And always did what we were told
But we've been sweating while you slept so calm
In the safety of your home
We've been pulling out the nails that hold up
Everything you've known
Don't hold me up now
I can stand my own ground
I don't need your help now
You will let me down, down, down!
Don't hold me up now
I can stand my own ground
I don't need your help now
You will let me down, down, down!
So open your eyes, child
Let's be on our way
Broken windows and ashes
Are guiding the way
Keep quiet no longer
We'll sing through the day
Of the lives that we've lost
And the lives we've reclaimed
Don't hold me up now
I can stand my own ground
I don't need your help now
You will let me down, down, down!
Don't hold me up now
I can stand my own ground
I don't need your help now
You will let me down, down, down!
Don't hold me up
(I don't need your help, I'll stand my ground)
Don't hold me up
(I don't need your help)
No! No! No!
Don't hold me up!
(I don't need your help, I'll stand my ground)
Don't hold me up!
(I don't need your help, I'll stand my ground)
Don't let me down, down, down, down, down!”

All comments from YouTube:

Echo

2y↑2.5K

The meaning of this song only gets stronger over time.

Ethan Howard

oh how our mighty have fallen

justin

....which is sad

Nancy Hanson

I was just thinking similar thoughts.....looking back on some commentary at some shows....yup.

Jefrey Barnes

Try really listening to Bad Religion Suffer lp, or NoFX The Decline ep, I assure you, very relevant over 10 and 30 yrs before, lol

Stark1357

@Vi Go yes

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Tiny Normous

32w↑177

I cannot count how many times this chorus gave me strength when I needed it. Rise Against - one of the all time greats

Jore Holisti

Rise against carried me trough The childhood to adulthood

EpilepticSeptic

25w↑1

Its a real punch when you switch your pedals😉

Erin Nolan

1y↑1.6K

Still listening in 2020 like it just came out

michael poole

2021 and still goin hard

PeteyNag

1w↑1

Still listening in 2022 like it just came out!

Jore Holisti

And still its not a edgy teenager Song :D

Anti-Communist Gang

2021

Jared Murray

November 2021 and still holding

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Manguy777

1y↑392

Beau Bryant

6w↑1

hey, thanks for the lyrics! 💖💖 this helps me enjoy the music so much more 😊

ª

15w↑1

Good copy paste

Finn Williams

35w↑1

Lol I thought it said roaming south by the fire sun

Chavez

41w

@H _ i hear it too

H _

44w↑1

Shouldn't there be "You WON'T let me down"? Or did I just hear it incorrectly?

Cannon-Graham Music

3y↑1.1K

This song is so incredible. I can't believe that it came out over 10 years ago and yet it is more relevant now than it was then. I wish music could return to being this good.

M4TT YN

11w

yea i miss it wtf happened oh yea "these songs won't do well" now to labels won't prob want the truth to show it's ugly face and wake people but so there's that sucks kpop is so big i know those artist to all artist use their platforms after the fact but still.
on top kpop and all pop music is fucking bland and all done by a "book" to formula "that works" shame zoomers eat the pop music up too.

Sean Costello

@OpenYourEyes bro post malone's not even a rapper. He's a pop singer that uses rap beats on his tracks lol. When does he ever rap? Compare him to Twista and then sit down ;)

Sean Costello

@OpenYourEyes bro stop already post malone isn't a good rapper, and rap sucks anyway lol

Sean Costello

haha the comment by Insert name here.. yeah, this is 1000% better than post malone, and dont hide the fact that you like music that has depth man celebrate that.. that pop shit or the empty headed rap music that people listen to.. it's not good. it's just not.

Joshua Lynam

@Insert name Here Can't beat some heavy punk rock, don't worry what others think. It isn't a generational thing, it was exactly the same when we were in high school (started for me in primary school because I was listening to Metallica, Korn, Iron Maiden and Papa Roach), people will always hate what they can't be arsed to understand.

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Noor Hafiz

26w↑3

This song never ever get old ♥️

Wendell Harper

41w↑110

As an indigenous from Canada that left the reserve. This song fucking hurts. But is empowering.

Thepsychedelicqueef

When he said “warm yourself by the fire son and the morning will come soon” you know all us native system babies felt that

Miss Anthropy

16w

@Wendell Harper listen to Nowhere Generation by Rise Against. It’s excruciatingly empowering. Rise Against have always been allies and activists and I find a lot of comfort and empowerment in their music. I have since I was a child. My experience is different than yours, but I am a child of both American indigenous and European pagan ancestry. I’ve definitely lived life as outsider.

Wendell Harper

22w

@[FF] Tower, The Calamity I can stand my own ground. I don't need anyone. Regardless of living in urban areas. That's the point .

[FF] Tower, The Calamity

22w↑3

We shouldn’t be forced to live in the reserves like they try to. Life outside, they make hard for you, half-brother. But we can’t succumb to their influence in either place.

MT

9w↑34

Used to listen to this a lot 10 years ago as a teenager. Never really listened to the lyrics. Now, 10 years later I just listened to this for the first time and got full body chills as I listened to the lyrics. This song made me emphasize the experience of the refugee and how difficult it must be. Especially now that the EU/Poland and Belarus are in the brink of an armed conflict, where the refugees are being weaponized as tools of war. This is the ultimate humiliation for the refugee, stuck between two countries, neither of which want you and are threatening you with violence. Lets hope for the best, but I fear the worst...

angry asian dad

3w↑1

They can always go home.

Lauris Olups

9w↑1

It's really all Lukashenko's fault...

Ronnie Peace

God Bless 🙏❤️

Stephanie Love

45w↑34

Ive heard some of these songs before, but Im just 'discovering' this band in 2020. Im almost in tears. How could my ears have been shut to this amazing group?! Its like we have lost so much time together. Like... Meeting your soulmate on your deathbed...

Mark of the Devil

14w↑1

I felt that too

N.M.H.

38w↑3

Same, dude. Rise Against was the favourite band of an ex-girlfriend, so I knew their most famous songs but I wasn't really eager to explore their discography... Turns out they make quite kickass music!

Kozorvia

2y↑3.4K

When I was a teen I thought this was just an edgy teen song.

I was wrong.

I am now sitting here 26 years old and fully get the meaning and holy shit.

Aneraxx Music

@Jose Ramirez Chavez my dad would play rise against when I was 10, I just thought they sounded cool but I'm just realizing how deep their lyrics really are

Odysee is better than Youtube

@Jose Ramirez Chavez Not really, its about refugees and immigrants working low paying and illegal jobs in the Us. They put made in the USA at the end. I guess what is said in the song can be seen as a prayer. The refugee is praying that what they say in the song will be true. That they can find their own and have a life despite their working conditions and position in society, hence prayer of a refugee.

Ha Nna

SiliVandalCO.

10w

Wait till you're 36/46/56/66/76 😁
Long happy life and fortune friends

Old Bull Lee

11w

Ironically loads of trump supporters loved these guys because they didn't bother to listen...

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3dgar 7eandro

2y↑69

You can feel the menssage louder and clearer than ever... This song still Rocks🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

Power to The People

2y↑76

This song brought literal tears to my eyes once I figured out what it was about.

Odysee is better than Youtube

6w↑1

@J Dude selochin is such a hero, he literally complained in a youtube comment section.

Renaldo Awesomesauce

19w↑1

@selohcin Stop buying Nike

Zero

Ive been playing this on repeat and every single time I cried

Satan Speaks

yeah, same here...

J

1y↑3

yeah Power to The People are you gonna save those people like selohcin is doing?

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taymaz pourhosseini

4w↑14

This song means alot to me because me and my family are actual imigrants who had to flee our home country. We were actual refugees in the literal sense and had to flee twice because the first time was toclose to home and was torisky to stay in the second country. This song had a special place in my heart ever sinse i first heard it.

taymaz pourhosseini

@Hole in Dans Sock Think of it this way tho the fact that you were shot and stabbed and yet survived that says something about the west dont you think? Nowhere is perfect realy. If you think about it if youre the wrong person from for example, wrong etnicity like say a muslim uyghur in China thats hell to. Enywhere and everywhere can be hell.

taymaz pourhosseini

@Hole in Dans Sock Sorry to hear that. I was threatened at knife point at one time as a kid here at school. luckely where i live is probabably more tame than youre place, its infinitely better than Iran where my father was put in jail where they whipped and tortured him and killed his frined for years because of political reasons id rather not talk about.

Hole in Dans Sock

Someone shot at me and stabbed me...... I cant go to some safe haven.......
No offense. Welcome to the west welcome to hell.

Gomes Games

Rise against hoje, Rise against amanhã, Rise against pra sempreee !

riner9

4y↑2.3K

Listened to this song every morning on the bus on my ipod mini in 2006

I thought life was hard then...I would go back in a heartbeat

QUAG

45w

Wait until you hit 70 and I bet you're gonna say your life was pretty good back then

Ангел Пасков

yer a twat huh ? Who produced yer iPod mini...... made in China :))))))))))))

☆Nujabes☆

Task141ghostalt -FE2 Roblox Gaming & more! It was this video was uploaded in 2009

albert Vargas

Dummy iPad minis were released in 2009 and 2012 hmmmmmm

Brandon

Never found a more relatable comment

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JKK

2y↑2

This really hits hard for me, I'm estranged from my parents and the lyrics really resonate for me - " Don't hold me up now, I can stand my own ground"

glass babies

1y↑1

i've always been a fan but you guys are now my new favorite band <3 thanks for the music <3

Thais Soouza

33w↑1

Amo essa música ❤️

Elementalic

43w↑125

My English teacher showed this to our class 1,5 years back. This was the song that got me into Rise Against.

M4TT YN

11w

it's fucked teachers get paid so poorly to shout out to that teacher!

Owen Westervelt

22w

You had an awesome english teacher

Pan Noga3000

33w↑3

I showed this to my middle-school students aswell, yet most of them didnt like it because its too "loud and aggresive" to them... And they didnt get the jist of it...Well more for me I guess 😁

Allen Beauvais

41w↑9

Your teacher is amazing

Sanaya Pandit

43w↑5

I’m 11 years old and umm my teacher loves rise against and we play it in class all the time so now I listen to it at home as well while I sleep it’s kinda calming

AltFreak25

3y↑716

They have such an ability to write such powerful songs that after all these years, they still give me goosebumps.

heelgill

1y↑1

It’s amazing.

J141

Me same

Griffie Smith

Same here

Travis Hills the Dark angel bunny

2y↑1

It'ss almost like it was predictive programming or foreshadowing a future events.
But we know how it goes; the same people that run Hollywood can see into the future with unworldly source, and they can't help but too slowly force-fed you or feed you messages that will slowly condition you in the future of what will happen next.
Just like how 9/11 was predicted by so much Hollywood movies.

dannyboyy31

3y↑5

I love these guys. They write amazing music, but they clearly have a social conscience too. If Tim was a Brit I'd nominate him to be our next Prime Minister :)

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Erika Cañas

8w↑4

Este tema sigue siendo epico!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

herald greenbanger

18w↑5

Just saw this live at blue ridge rock fest 2021 this weekend. Sounds just as amazing as ever love you guys

Jessa Wai

31w↑15

His vocals are so amazing. I don't usually listen to them but they're really good

Artemis Steele

1y↑4

Been a fan for 5 years and this song still makes me cry... gives me chills.

henrique.p 1910

2y↑5

Verdadeiro exemplo do bom punk rock

Brandon Yeung

34w↑1

Great band! Great sound, amazing lyrics. A band ahead of its time...or right in it.

ZaFiγ

44w↑1

It's been too long since I've last heard this masterpiece. I completely forgot about the tempo change LOL

Vincent Spencer

46w↑2

loved this band since day 1 and that was sometime when i was a kid

Linkin Pilot

11w↑5

I just heard this song on Spotify and all i can say is that i know what I'm gonna listen to for the next week

James Braybrook

50w↑3

2021 and I still find myself back here playing along on my guitar 🎸

jullian deegan

2y↑1

love the song love the band they are great

Todd Johnson

32w

One of the greatest bands and songs of all time.💯🔥🎸🥋❤

Michael McDonald

Every time ya listen to this song, ya feel it more and more in ur ❤

Michael Pena

Theres alot of bands that i really love but this is one of the very few that i can say is just straight up inspiring

Cameron Howarth

13w↑3

I used to play this on guitar hero when I was a kid and I’ve just stumbled across this absolute master piece again and wow it’s made my day 😍

Bronzebeard

1y↑1

I love the way music can speak to people directly through emotion

Samantha Martin

5y↑62

I will always be so into Rise Against.They combine the Punk message with a genre of music I can actually listen to.

C Fish

It's still punk. Check out Strike Anywhere

David Ureno

Samantha Martin true

deadly dimitar

Hardwired Productions

1y↑4

14 years later, still singing along like my edgy teenage self

Soap Opera Slushy

1y↑8

This song hits so much different these days 🥺 since I was an early teen, it's crazy the message never changed its just im old enough to understand it now

Justin

This song will always be gold. Brought back to the good memories of skating to school with the boys

leticia v.

2y↑1

2020, lembrando da minha adolescência ❤️

westwoggie

6y↑5

"Prayer of the Refugee", "Worth dying for", "Paper Wings", "The good left undone", "Injection", "Give it all", "Savior", "Hero of War", "Swing life away". I would call Rise against my favorite band, I only ever enjoy 1 or 2 songs, possibly 3, from the same band, but not from these guys, they have alot of tasteful music, this is what you can call art. Most music made presently is horrible, if you can even call that noise music, none of it has meaning, only destroy your body but have fun doing it, nice message the industry is sending nowadays, but on the contrary, the message never changed, the people did.

westwoggie

+westwoggie Well, not all music now has no meaning, but it's either all the same with different words, copied, or pointless, I just don't get how so many people love garbage music, but everyone is entitled to their opinion, just don't crank those shitty beats acting like it's badass and listen to those repeat bass vibrations at full blast while driving by, the only thing anyone is thinking is, "How is that possible? This guy is going to go deaf." Point being, listen to what you want, but don't force others to hear it, you may be allowed to like whatever you want, but others can hate whatever they want too, "Rights" are more of like "Privileges" they only get you so far, so don't abuse them, and lastly, noise disturbances can be filed during the day, and is actually more common than at night where I live, just don't think you're the only one and only thing that matters and you'll be fine.

Sincerely:
Someone tired of hearing "Justin Bieber - Baby" when driving by people.

Luna Piazza

44w↑1

Nunca me canso de escucharlos

Drew The Heavyweight Main

2w↑2

I'll always remember this song from the movie "slednecks 12" god that was so good in it's part of that movie.

SiSiChi

1y↑8

When one line of lyrics pop in to your head and all of a sudden you're listening to all the greatest Rise Against tunes lol

Arthur Kurbedzis

8w↑6

I remember that there was a year when my playlist was only full of Rise Against music.

Rafael Nunes

Sempre quando estou me sentindo mau ouço essa banda desde quando tinha meus 13 anos hoje tenho 24

Nick Aguilar

1y↑2

Listening right now on a separate service. Came here to say that I was lucky enough to see them live and wow, I was blown away by the singer’s powerful voice! He more than pulls this off live, as do the rest of the band, and I really like when I can say that. (Sometime between 2005 and 2008)

Zergio Piscoya

1y↑5

Que buena canción me recuerda aún los buenos tiempos sin covid y tanta cosa..😎🖤🔥🎵🎶🇵🇪🤘🏻

Abrahamx García

48w↑1

Me recuerda a mi pubertad que buenos eran esos 13 años

Petros Souti

31w↑2

What an amazing music.

Nebula Games

5y↑234

This seems like one of those songs that you've heard years ago and had no idea what it was called. Then you end up finding what it was years later to realize what an awesome song it was.

alelpot2

Pretty sure it was in a guitar hero , 2 or 3 I think

The Antagonist

Missed out lol. I knew the name. This was my shit in middle school

Andres Alonso

Yep

Renbow Love

that was me with "help is on the way" and i heard it on a music channel and for YEARS i remembered the guitar at the beginning and nothing else. then it came on the radio one day and i launched myself out of the backseat to the see the name on the dash in the car

Madina Akberova

Hahaha, couldn’t say it better, that’s how I feel

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Makar Osipov

39w↑1

Still one of my favorite songs in 2021

Dankasaurus

24w↑3

People forget how epic this song really is

Eduardo Ferreira

1w↑1

Em pleno 2022 e essa música continua ótima

Patricio Núñez A.

Christopher Abramor

46w↑28

I always felt identified with this song from the point of view of my family starting to lose everything (job, house, and even the very family), and myself as a teenager having to fight harder than the rest to achieve anything I wanted. Then now I'm also feeling identified but from a political standpoint, looking at the reality of my falling country (Argentina), it's crisis, and how the governments show themselves as "holding us up", but in reality they are just burying us further down. And if the course of things keep its path, the unevitable runaway into exile. Feels like this is the very song that fits my life. But I'm no fool though, I know I'm still lucky and I'm neither the hungry or the cold. I'm just stuck held down, further down each day but still have the chance to fight against it. Sadly there are people, the people for whom the song is really about, that are held way further down than me and can only fight for survival. For those out there, my hopes for you to have the strength to hold your ground, and mainly the strength to still get yourselves a proper education while fighting starvation, cause that's the very tool that can make you really strike back out of misery. No one can fight for us, they'll just let us down. We have to be the ones to stand our own grounds.

RoolaRoo

3y↑727

Necrocharmer

Хвала

yion lander

3y↑1

Спасибо.

Gabriela Muñoz

3y↑4

it is usefull
thanks!!!

Carlos A.

3y↑5

Thanks for the lyrics :)

RoolaRoo

3y↑3

anytime <3

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RICO UNITE

5w↑5

2022 estou escutando um dos melhores rock do mundo ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🤪🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🤩⚡🌍

PEDRO DOMINGO ANGELES SALINAS

5w↑1

X_XviktoroloredoX_X

concordo, somos 2

Winner_By_Life

24w↑1

Masterpiece!

Roi Cano

1y↑6

Warm yourself by the fire, son
And the morning will come soon
I'll tell you stories of a better time
In a place that we once knew
Before we packed our bags
And left all this behind us in the dust
We had a place that we could call home
And a life no one could touch

Don't hold me up now
I can stand my own ground
I don't need your help now
You will let me down, down, down!
Don't hold me up now
I can stand my own ground
I don't need your help now
You will let me down, down, down!

We are the angry and the desperate
The hungry, and the cold
We're the ones who kept quiet
And always did what we were told
But we've been sweating while you slept so calm
In the safety of your home
We've been pulling out the nails that hold up
Everything you've known

Don't hold me up now
I can stand my own ground
I don't need your help now
You will let me down, down, down!
Don't hold me up now
I can stand my own ground
I don't need your help now
You will let me down, down, down!

So open your eyes, child
Let's be on our way
Broken windows and ashes
Are guiding the way
Keep quiet no longer
We'll sing through the day
Of the lives that we've lost
And the lives we've reclaimed

Don't hold me up now
I can stand my own ground
I don't need your help now
You will let me down, down, down!

Don't hold me up now
I can stand my own ground
I don't need your help now
You will let me down, down, down!

Don't hold me up
(I don't need your help, I'll stand my ground)

Don't hold me up
(I don't need your help)

No! No! No!

Don't hold me up!
(I don't need your help, I'll stand my ground)

Don't hold me up!

(I don't need your help, I'll stand my ground)
Don't let me down, down, down, down, down!

Pain

47w↑2

I love this music

masterrecon118

8y↑5

This song is amazing I just can't stop listening to it!!!

Slipt Psyche

Such an amazing song. It is perfect.

dazzler300

47w↑4

This song, and the message remain as relevant, and heavy as ever. 🤘🏽

extravaganza spectacular 2020

35w

One of the greatest songs ever made

Colin Haynes

2y↑1

A lot of my friends were/are into punk/hardcore more than I was/am. However, I thank them for turning me onto a lot of really awesome bands, my best friend especially. Rise Against, Against Me, AFI, Anti-Flag,The Offspring...such nostalgic music.

Need A Random Name

5y↑351

This band has earned my respect!

Martin Nicolas

Mikeul

Senpai Cat

Need A Random Name that comment looks fuking halarios with that profile pic

Matthew DiFrancesco

5y↑5

Jibraeel Karim it only took you till 2017, fuckkkkk

Despite -Everything

5y↑3

Jibraeel Karim ok that should do it, 20th subbed!

Despite -Everything

5y↑1

Jibraeel Karim deal!

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Oshanti Smallwood

44w↑1

This song never gets old

Ovie Ainenehi

2y↑6

God, I love this band so much. My favorite

Mike Clalverl

2y↑5

This band made me appreciate so many other rock bands.

DX

Definitely one of my favorite bands

Trevor Ford

8y↑13

I truly enjoy listening to a band as involved with so many things like these guys. It shows me that there are some people that still care.

Mitchz Playground

The chorus in this still gets me pumped. 💪

honeybird 60

52w↑1

Love this song

Psycho Stellar

1y↑3

We need Rise Against now more than ever

anahi ramirez

29w

Pasan los años y aún la sigo escuchando 😍😍 me encantan!!!

JR

23w

Yo trabajé en esa tienda All American en Downey California 2003 pero ya tiene como 10 años que se fue a la quiebra

Doug Sheehan

8y↑32

Such a great song.. was shocked to find it on one of my old Guitar Hero games in the track list. Damn is it hard to play.

Austin Milhoan

Any yea it was on III

Austin Milhoan

8y↑3

I can play it on expert.😋

Derek Spencer

That's how I found this song I played the game when I was little I loved to play this song, I forgot the name then I found it again listening to avenged sevenfold radio on pandora. The game this song was on was guitar hero 3 I'm sure.

imlatinoguy

8y↑2

I can play it on actual guitar :D, I performed it once in a college talent show.

Elijah Casaus

That is actually how my brother found this band and he showed it to me and I really liked it ! :)

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Madson Pinheiro

47w↑2

Relembrando esse ícone do Guitar Hero III ♥️ 2021

missesmom3

I love the energy in this song <3

Paula Saldaño

QUE TEMAZOOOOOO

annberly

14w↑2

12 years later and this song has a whole other meaning but still just as good. damn.

Aces

1y↑1

Favorite Rise Against song by a mile.

That Panglossian Guy

1y↑1

It's 2020 and still this gets me like the first time .

Drib Jerp

31w

They were so ahead of their time. Man i wish they made music on this level today

Andrew Dunckley

39w↑2

Still so powerful... What a tune,,, what a band...

kylambey

6y↑181

This song has so much symbolism in it. Good job 👍

Michael Hanlon

17w

Well hope the past 5 years since you commented have treated you well 😂

MakeTrapsGreatAgain

5y↑10

this has been a reality for the past century's

Free Bethlehem

6y↑1

you fucking idiot

Balázs Viczán

6y↑2

Things that were symbols in 2006, come true in Europe 10 years later

AllPrspctve

1y↑25

In primary school we had the chance to choose one favortite track we know and play it on a CD in front of the class so every student could rate it.
I remember choosing this one, not even fully understanding the lyrcis because I'm born in a country where we don't learn English in primary. I was like 9 years old, and now, 13 years later proud of my choice. Most of us didn't really understand the lyrics, but I felt this song was about something important. Hits me differently.

Jebbus

1y↑1

im 15 now and just found out a couple months ago what this song meant

Erdi Şahin

34w↑2

I met Rise Against when I was at high school and didnt know the meaning that it hides inside of the lyriics.
Oh shit, I just listened to this song after long time and now I realized how meaningful it is. Everthing is having a meaning time to time. Absolutely Masterpiece

Scar Lett

52w↑1

wow... I can't believe I always played the video without actually watching it... powerful D: so much respect for Rise Against

Sulquinn

24w

Just seen ya'll live and absolutely loved it

Natálie Vrkoslavová

6y↑6

This and "savior" always makes my day better, even if it's the worst day ever..

Third Arm

Oh the memories. Amazing song

public_Doe

1y↑6

I have proudly been listening to Rise Against since I was 10. Now I'm 12. Can't wait for the years to come.
Bring it 2020

moisterthananoystrr

I remember playing this song on Guitar Hero 3 on the PS3 when I was in my teen years. Never gets old

Wildan Nanda Wicaksana

51w↑4

Warm yourself by the fire, son
And the morning will come soon
I'll tell you stories of a better time
In a place that we once knew
Before we packed our bags
And left all this behind us in the dust
We had a place that we could call home
And a life no one could touch
Don't hold me up now
I can stand my own ground
I don't need your help now
You won't let me down, down, down!
Don't hold me up now
I can stand my own ground
I don't need your help now
You won't let me down, down, down, down!
We are the angry and the desperate
The hungry, and the cold
We are the ones who kept quiet
And always did what we were told
But we've been sweating while you slept so calm
In the safety of your home
We've been pulling out the nails that hold up
Everything you've known
Don't hold me up now
I can stand my own ground
I don't need your help now
You won't let me down, down, down!
Don't hold me up now
I can stand my own ground
I don't need your help now
You won't let me down, down, down!
So open your eyes child
Let's be on our way
Broken windows and ashes
Are guiding the way
Keep quiet no longer
We'll sing through the day
Of the lives that we've lost
And the lives we've reclaimed
Go!
Don't hold me up now
I can stand my own ground
I don't need your help now
You won't let me down, down, down!
Don't hold me up now
I can stand my own ground
I don't need your help now
You won't let me down, down, down!
Don't hold me up...
(I don't need your help, I'll stand my ground)
Don't hold me up...
(I don't need your help)
No! No! No! Don't hold me up...
(I don't need your help, I'll stand my ground)
Don't hold me up...
(I don't need your help, I'll stand my ground)
Don't let me down, down, down, down, down!

Miguel Marques

5y↑21

Dear Rise Against... you guys were my favorite band in my teenage years.
Ten years later, you still are. ♥

Daniel Karlsén

1y↑1

This legendary song is almost on 100M views! It's amazing coming back to this masterpiece even tho I first heard it 10 years ago

Nooble

2y↑190

Adam Daigle

17w↑12

Still listening in 2021, idc If it’s 20 years old, I’ll still be listening.

Brendan Loney

27w↑2

CaptainTrout

3y↑79

This is the "classics" of our era, this song has given so many people strength to keep fighting every day, I can't wait to look back on this song 50 years from now and be overwhelmed by the memories I have around this song.

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