Drill Siren Ballad

Late bus rolling, rain on my coat

Still I keep singing through roads I know

Mum said keep steady when the rent gets high

I learned hope from the queue outside

No gold on my wrist,

just time I owe

Made a tune from the cold in my bones

Friends took turns at the window seat

Counting each plan over corner shop tea

If the lift breaks down,

we take the stairs If the roof caves in,

we breathe through air

I got my name in a pocket of prayers

Watch me rise from here

Sing it out loud when the rain comes down

We don't fold, we just find new ground

Hands to the sky from the south side flats

I came from less,

I'm not going back

Oh, I'm not going back

Phone keeps buzzing with a brand new doubt

I put that weight in the booth somehow

Teacher said aim past the block we knew

Now every line got a wider view

Still got scars that I don't display Turned every mark to a

map one day

Some nights I nearly let go

Some nights the road felt closed

But one small flame in my chest

Kept saying not yet

Sing it out loud when the rain comes down

We don't fold, we just find new ground

Hands to the sky from the south side flats

I came from less,

I'm not going back

Oh,

I'm not going back

Late bus rolling, rain on my coat

Still I keep singing through roads I know (ooh)