[Opening] I am Andrew Ryan And I'm here to ask you a question [Verse 1] Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow? The man in Moscow would spread it to the rest of the crowd The man in Washington would offer it to the lazy and the poor He in the Vatican would proffer as he prays to the Lord I rejected those philosophies as backwards They squandered men's prospects, economies were fractured I shunned detractors' ideologies, shrugged off the Atlas Adapted Adam's Eden for the man who manufactures I chose what was impossible to capture I chose, Rapture Where artists could work free of controversial quarrels And scientists could pioneer beyond the world of morals And with the sweat of your brow Rapture can become your city as well Join me, Andrew Ryan, Follow my dream Find me, Finally Join me, Would you kindly? [Chorus] Rapture Is coming back to life Her lungs fill with the will to survive Rapture Is coming back to life Finding truth between the lines in a book full of lies Rapture Is coming back to life Shops and schools humming with the thought of young minds Rapture Is coming back to life My city will live My city will thrive
[Verse 2] Being restricted by minor men was tiring to me If no land was fit to witness the might of Ryan Industries Then I'd find a ship to fit my vision, Try it in the deep Besides, you can build towers higher from the sea With Ayn Rand, Guiding my hand Our divine plan Transcended flights of fancy or lines in the sand Deep, deep beneath the waves Under untold bars of pressure A dark castle full of Art Deco architecture Part Adventure Capitalist investor Part art director Hard objectivism's the correct decision Disregard the lecture I'm part card shark, Part card collector Part father figure, part protector Part corrector Part confessor Part professor Dot Connector Lie Detector Part Tzar, Projector of a spark Settler Tower erector A man chooses, a slave obeys "So would you kindly?" Powerful Phrase [Chorus X2] Rapture Is coming back to life Her lungs fill with the will to survive Rapture Is coming back to life Finding truth between the lines in a book full of lies Rapture Is coming back to life Shops and schools humming with the thought of young minds Rapture Is coming back to life My city will live My city will thrive