[Intro]
[Drums thunder in]
Holy Mother Han
(name on the wind)
From Seoul to the sand
(to the sea, to the streets)
Cameras in the sky
crowds on their feet
This is world news blazing
through every screen
[Verse 1]
Nominated, whole world watching
every border, every balcony
Mothers praying in the kitchen
kids dancing in the alleyway
Tired soldiers drop their helmets
hear her call across the wire
"Lay it down, lay it down"
and they step back from the fire
[Pre-Chorus]
Eight billion hearts
beating like a drum
Eight billion mouths
shouting "Here we come!"
Hands up high
face to the sun
Are you ready
for the revolution?
[Chorus]
Rise up today for the Mother of Peace
(hey! hey!)
All wars cease when the captives are released
(oh-oh)
True Love Revolution in the human race
from Korea to the planets
one family, one face
Release the Mother of Peace, let the chains all fall
God says "no more blood on your tax-built walls"
Eight billion call in a wildfire roar
"Heavenly Parents,
we won’t kill anymore"
[Verse 2]
Parliament lights flicker
when the people flood the square
Old men holding folded letters
young girls with electric hair
Every flag, every language
singing out the same phrase
"Turn the tanks into tractors
turn the night into day"
[Pre-Chorus]
Eight billion hearts
drumming in your chest
Eight billion souls
tired of second best
If love is the law
then war is a crime
Are you ready
to rewrite the times?
[Chorus]
Rise up today for the Mother of Peace
(hey! hey!)
All wars cease when the captives are released
(oh-oh)
True Love Revolution in the human race
from Korea to the planets
one family, one face
Release the Mother of Peace, let the prisons break
God redirects every cent that they take
From cannons to classrooms, from borders to doors
"Heavenly Parents,
we won’t fight anymore"
[Bridge]
[Band drops, choir swells]
Crowd:
"Release the Mother of Peace!"
Singer:
"Right now, this year, every land, every street!"
Crowd:
"Release the Mother of Peace!"
Singer:
"No more children buried, no more blood in the wheat!"
Choir rising, galaxies singing
Heaven leaning close to hear
Every tribe and every city
roaring through the atmosphere
[Final Chorus]
Rise up today for the Mother of Peace
(hey! hey!)
All wars cease when the captives are released
(oh-oh)
True Love Revolution, this is how we win
eight billion voices breaking through the din
Release the Mother of Peace, let the guns grow rust
God rewrites budgets in mercy and trust
One family of humankind, under love we stand
Heavenly Parents
hold our trembling hands
[Outro]
[Orchestra and choir in full blast]
Rise up
rise up
rise up
for the Mother of Peace

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