Alexisonfire
Born and Raised
[Verse 1: George Pettit]
All blossoms die in the light of our new culture
Find your belief in that which cannot be discovered
Countless lessons lie in every fever dream
A million voices asking, what does it all mean?
[Pre-Chorus: Dallas Green and Wade MacNeil]
I've lost all direction, I've lost all my direction
And now I wish that I would have believed, could have believed
Escape, escape nature's indifferent hand
Retreat, retreat to the bliss of our creation
[Chorus: Green and MacNeil]
Born and raised, we're raised to live beyond
The heft and weight of a world undone
Like a bird, we search
From the north for warmth
Our hearts will roam in search of warmth
[Verse 2: Pettit]
Two hands come together to pray for greater yields
Two poles of a compass guided by a field
In the mind of every man, two ghosts dance
Was this place made, or was it here by chance?
[Pre-Chorus: Green and MacNeil]
I've lost all direction, I've lost all my direction
And now I wish that I would have believed, could have believed
Escape, escape nature's indifferent hand
Retreat, retreat to the bliss of our creation
[Chorus: Green and MacNeil]
Born and raised, we're raised to live beyond
The heft and weight of a world undone
Like a bird, we search
From the north for warmth
Our hearts will roam in search of warmth
[Bridge: Pettit]
Uncountable numbers written in new fallen snow
I can hear the claws of the beast tapping at my window
Nihilist sleeps and in dreams he sees god's face
Realize even disbelief requires a leap of faith
From birth to death, we search for what's yet to be known
We and hope and pray and ask, but we are never shown
[Chorus: Green and MacNeil]
Born and raised, we're raised to live beyond
The heft and weight of a world undone
Like a bird, we search
From the north for warmth
Our hearts will roam in search of warmth
[Outro: Green and MacNeil]
'Cause we were born and raised (We're raised)
Born and raised (We're raised)
Born and raised (We're raised)
Born and raised