My mind was going a mile a minute
but I didn’t say a word
Everything that I was thinking about
started seeming so absurd
Every day I was filled with outrage
till it almost made me cry
Didn’t seem I could do much about it
but to watch it all go by

None of my friends are sleeping well
The pills don’t work any more
It feels like we’ve drifted out to sea
and we can’t get back to shore
Where are the superheroes
who will come to save the day
Nothing we do is working
and it does no good to pray

The dark years are upon us
The dark years are upon us
The dark years are upon us
Hold on

I went to some demonstrations
and I saved them on my phone
We felt so strong together
then we all went home alone
I want that beautiful feeling
when the people speak as one
telling the dreadful powers
that we see what they have done

The dark years are upon us (etc)

We can shout online, we can make some noise
but the ones in power won’t hear
They will threaten our lives and freedom
They will punish us with fear
But we never will let them stop us
from trying to make things right
We are magical, we are many,
and we know we are the light
We are magical, we are many,
and we’ve just begun to fight
We are magical, we are many
We are all of us the light

Though the dark years are upon us

Hold on