Ten Thousand years have passed us
And we still can’t get it right.
Is the band of angels playing,
Have they taken five tonight?
Fires and wars and earthquakes
We just don’t see the signs.
What Will It Take to shake us?
What Will It Take to break us?
What Will It Take to make us understand? 

So many people praying
That the world would end today.
They’re tired of all the madness
And don’t see another way.
The covenants we made
Have been abandoned, left behind.
What Will It Take to shake us?
What Will It Take to break us?
What Will It Take to make us understand? 

What Will It Take to make us understand?
What Will It Take for us to reach to Heavens Hand?
Tear down the walls that separate us from life.
When will we finally get it right? 

Although there may be call
For intervention from above.
It shouldn’t be destruction
Or a sacrifice of love.
As long as there’s tomorrow
There’s a chance to see the light.
What Will It Take to shake us?
What Will It Take to break us?
What Will It Take to make us understand? 

How much time is left before its said and done?
When chances we were given
Become chances that are gone.
When the trial is over, and the verdict is in.
Will history be repeated once again? 

What Will It Take to shake us?
What Will It Take to break us?
What Will It Take to make us understand? 

What Will It Take to shake us?
What Will It Take to break us?
What Will It Take to make us understand?