You always felt you had a destiny, yeah

You wouldn't bow down to the gods of money and power, baby

You burned bright to shed your light all over the world

You had a plan and it was just a matter of time now

Here today, what happened to that dream

Don't tell me it's over, I still smell the fire



Chorus:

Stand up and hold on to your dream, maybe this is your moment

Stand up and hold on to your dream, you know no one can take it

There is a path, it's always been yours

And you have the right of passage, signed in blood and sealed in tears

Sending you a message across the miles and thru the years

Stand up (and be there) and hold on to your dream

With some faith and conviction (some faith and conviction)



Take a good look, you don't like what you see, no

You just don't come this far and never get scarred, baby

It all seemed like fate, the big dreams weren't hard to make, way back then

Something pure about that, suffer for art, passion and pain

Standing here, what happened to those dreams

Don't tell me they're over, while your heart is still beating



chorus



In the church inside your head, it's all communion time

When you eat your doubts like bread, and then you drink your fear like wine

Where the sinner and the priest light candles one by one

And fear has another mouth to feed, then all the journey's done



Stand up and hold on to your dream, with some faith and conviction



Stand up (and be there) and hold on to your dream, maybe this is your moment

Stand up (and be there) and hold on to your dream, you know no one can take it

Stand up (and be there) and hold on to your dream

With some faith and conviction



Stand up (and be there) and hold on to your dream, maybe this is your moment

Stand up and hold on to your dream, you know no one can take it

Stand up and hold on to your dream, with some faith and conviction

Stand up and hold on to your dream, maybe this is your moment

Stand up and hold on to your dream...



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