[Verse 1] Well the fiery five points came from Queen of Babylon Rotten rapture and lines of lives that came undone And how cool wind blew their dreams away like paper cups Now theyre bound and bearing the shadows of the gun Lets sing And the stranded seoritas fall and take a knee For the anthem, believe a dark and rising drum While the cholos in their Chevrolets and mercy streets And the shiny wall for the bankers and the Bronx Then they line the halls of the prison it becomes [Chorus] But maybe we will be free When the battle lines meet Maybe they will be one When the counting is done Yeah, maybe they will be free When the reckoning comes [Verse 2] So the choir boys hide their voices, bruised and out of tune While the priestess of the harbor rides a wave And the bar girls drown their choices in their silver spoons With a junkmans nightmare crashing in their veins And the rich ride silver horses to their waiting ships While the poor cry out for justice and cocaine And they all bow down to the new crown of the apocalypse As he stabs the truth and slides out onto the stage Then as the footlocks melt the grease paint from his face Its very hard to tell the master from his slaves [Chorus] But maybe we will be free When the battle lines meet Maybe they will be one When the counting is done Maybe they will be free When the reckoning comes [PostChorus] When the reckoning comes Reckoning, when the reckoning comes When the reckoning comes Reckoning, when the reckoning comes When the reckoning comes Reckoning, when the reckoning comes [Chorus] Maybe we will be free When the battle lines meet Maybe they will be one When the counting is done Maybe they will see peace When the hearts are released Maybe well reach true sun When the gauntlet is run Maybe they will be free When the reckoning comes [Outro] When the reckoning comes When the reckoning comes
reckoning, maybe, come, free, counting