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[ROCK MUSIC] 00:01

♪ WARM YOURSELF BY THE FIRE, SON ♪ 00:06

♪ AND THE MORNING WILL COME SOON ♪ 00:09

♪ I'LL TELL YOU STORIES OF A BETTER TIME ♪ 00:13

♪ IN A PLACE THAT WE ONCE KNEW ♪ 00:15

♪ BEFORE WE PACKED OUR BAGS ♪ 00:19

♪ AND LEFT ALL THIS BEHIND US IN THE DUST ♪ 00:20

♪ WE HAD A PLACE THAT WE COULD CALL HOME ♪ 00:25

♪ AND A LIFE NO ONE COULD TOUCH ♪ 00:27

♪ DON'T HOLD ME UP NOW ♪ 00:30

♪ I CAN STAND MY OWN GROUND ♪ 00:32

♪ I DON'T NEED YOUR HELP NOW ♪ 00:35

♪ YOU WILL LET ME DOWN, DOWN, DOWN ♪ 00:37

♪ DON'T HOLD ME UP NOW ♪ 00:40

♪ I CAN STAND MY OWN GROUND ♪ 00:42

♪ I DON'T NEED YOUR HELP NOW ♪ 00:44

♪ YOU WILL LET ME DOWN, DOWN, DOWN, DOWN ♪ 00:47

♪ WE ARE THE ANGRY AND THE DESPERATE ♪ 00:59

♪ THE HUNGRY, AND THE COLD ♪ 01:02

♪ WE ARE THE ONES WHO KEPT QUIET ♪ 01:05

♪ AND ALWAYS DID WHAT WE WERE TOLD ♪ 01:08

♪ BUT WE'VE BEEN SWEATING WHILE YOU SLEPT SO CALM ♪ 01:12

♪ IN THE SAFETY OF YOUR HOME ♪ 01:14

♪ WE'VE BEEN PULLING OUT THE NAILS THAT HOLD UP ♪ 01:18

♪ EVERYTHING YOU'VE KNOWN ♪ 01:21

♪ DON'T HOLD ME UP NOW ♪ 01:23

♪ I CAN STAND MY OWN GROUND ♪ 01:25

♪ I DON'T NEED YOUR HELP NOW ♪ 01:27

♪ YOU WILL LET ME DOWN, DOWN, DOWN ♪ 01:30

♪ DON'T HOLD ME UP NOW ♪ 01:33

♪ I CAN STAND MY OWN GROUND ♪ 01:35

♪ I DON'T NEED YOUR HELP NOW ♪ 01:37

♪ YOU WILL LET ME DOWN, DOWN, DOWN ♪ 01:40

♪ SO OPEN YOUR EYES, CHILD ♪ 01:44

♪ LET'S BE ON OUR WAY ♪ 01:47

♪ BROKEN WINDOWS AND ASHES ♪ 01:49

♪ ARE GUIDING THE WAY ♪ 01:52

♪ KEEP QUIET NO LONGER ♪ 01:54

♪ WE'LL SING THROUGH THE DAY ♪ 01:56

♪ OF THE LIVES THAT WE'VE LOST ♪ 01:59

♪ AND THE LIVES WE'VE RECLAIMED ♪ 02:01

♪ GO! ♪ 02:05

♪ DON'T HOLD ME UP NOW ♪ 02:33

♪ I CAN STAND MY OWN GROUND ♪ 02:35

♪ I DON'T NEED YOUR HELP NOW ♪ 02:38

♪ YOU WILL LET ME DOWN, DOWN, DOWN ♪ 02:40

♪ DON'T HOLD ME UP NOW ♪ 02:43

♪ I CAN STAND MY OWN GROUND ♪ 02:45

♪ I DON'T NEED YOUR HELP NOW ♪ 02:48

♪ YOU WILL LET ME DOWN, DOWN, DOWN ♪ 02:50

♪ DON'T HOLD ME UP (I DON'T NEED YOUR HELP) ♪ 02:53

♪ (I'LL STAND MY GROUND) DON'T HOLD ME UP ♪ 02:57

♪ (I DON'T NEED YOUR HELP) ♪ 02:59

♪ NO, NO, NO ♪ 03:01

♪ DON'T HOLD ME UP (I DON'T NEED YOUR HELP) ♪ 03:03

♪ (I'LL STAND MY GROUND) DON'T HOLD ME UP ♪ 03:07

♪ (I DON'T NEED YOUR HELP) DON'T LET ME DOWN ♪ 03:09

♪ DOWN, DOWN, DOWN, DOWN, DOWN ♪ 03:11

[MUSIC FADES] 03:20

Prayer Of The Refugee

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[ROCK MUSIC]

♪ 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, 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 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 ♪

♪ GO! ♪

♪ 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) DON'T LET ME DOWN ♪

♪ DOWN, DOWN, DOWN, DOWN, DOWN ♪

[MUSIC FADES]

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Vocabulary	Meanings
refugee /ˌrefjuˈdʒiː/ B2	noun - a person fleeing from danger or persecution
home /hoʊm/ A2	noun - the place where one lives
stand /stænd/ A2	verb - to be in an upright position
help /hɛlp/ A2	verb - to assist or aid someone
ground /graʊnd/ B1	noun - the surface of the earth
desperate /ˈdɛspərət/ B2	adjective - completely willing to take risks
danger /ˈdeɪndʒər/ B2	noun - possibility of harm or injury
silence /ˈsaɪləns/ B2	noun - absence of sound
hope /hoʊp/ B1	noun - a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen
answer /ˈænsər/ B1	noun - a response or reply
dream /driːm/ B2	noun - a series of thoughts, images, or emotions occurring during sleep
strength /strɛŋkθ/ B2	noun - the quality or state of being strong
war /wɔːr/ B2	noun - a state of armed conflict