Recent twists of history bring me   Back to where we were   To times when battlegrounds were far away   When a reminiscent man could   Gather crowds around at will   It seems like yesterday yet still forever   I remember fearing nothin' waiting for a change   Longin' for a break from every day   And I still remember how it was the day you finally came   You took back everything   But the fact it still remains      We've gotta hold on   Hold on   (2x)      And things seemed to settle down   Around the turn of '92   And life whent on as normal and as planned   But it took a couple years   For it to make its loud return   It never left again   It just got stronger   To the skeptics and the hardened   Of the world so far away   It reared its evil face one fateful day   When I see believers after things like this   All I can say is   It'll be okay   But the fact it still remains      We've gotta hold on   Hold on   (2x)      So stand up by me   Stand up strong now   Stand up by me   Stand up strong now   Stand up by me   Stand up strong now   Stand up by me strong   Yeah!      We've gotta hold on   Hold on   (2x)