When the rains came   the streets filled up like rivers   and we floated down um like they were our own   our toxic lungs, oblivious to the sun   we were only, inspired by babies      some nights it was hard, so hard to breathe   in spite of it all, we woke up every morning   In spite of it all, in spite of it all, we woke up everyday   walkin around, so happy and gay      there there on the hill, a man came bearing tidings   with a gun, and a grim look on his face   He said, I, I crossed the river   I heard what they had to say,   and there's no telling when we'll see the end   I looked at him blankly, I said I don't understand my friend.   He said, Thousands of years and we're only a few days in.   thousands of years, thousands of years and we're only a few days in   in spite of it all, I wake up every morning   In spite of it all, in spite of it all, he said, I wake up everyday   I wake up cause there's no other way.      I thought it was hard, seeing the man with the earnest face   but there on the hill, someone's carrying water   A little boy with a limp, a mother who's been grieving ever since   Grieving ever since, grieving ever since,   GRIEVING, EVER SINCE SHE CAN REMEMBER!   in spite of it all, in spite of it all they wake up every morning   in spite of it all, they wake up everyday      so many flags in the sand, blue and white, greens yellows and reds   don't forget that old red white and blue   what are you fighting for, fighting for a promised land   wandering around in the desert sands   when will it ever end? when will it ever end?   more and more people, never, ever more land.   in spite of it all. in spite of it all you keep on shooting your guns, dropping your bombs,   KILLING ANYONE!      in spite of it all in spite of it all   you wake up every morning   in spite of it all, you wake up everyday.