Shattered Chains Rising

I can feel the wire

under my skin

Every locked door

learns my name They sold us safety with a polished grin Stamped

our fear with a silver seal Every promise came with hidden hands

Every truth was dressed to kneel

Screens keep watch like silent guards Cold blue maps around our eyes

I loved you in the smoke of that

While the whole street learned to lie

But I still hear the pavement sing Under the weight of the

heel If my heart breaks,

let it break awake Let the wound become what's real

We were not born to bow We were not built to fade

Raise up the fire in us now

Cut through the fear they made I want my name,

my breath, my ground I want the truth out loud Even in

the wreck of us

I'm still rising now

You left with sirens in your chest Said love was turning into

war New machines were learning all our scars

Selling them back from door to door High rooms feed on borrowed

blood Clean white teeth and stained gold rings I choke on headlines,

kiss goodbye And shake while the whole tower swings If I lose

my mind tonight Let it tear the mask apart If I cry

your name tonight Let it thunder through the dark No king can

hold a breaking heart

We were not born to

bow We were not built

to fade Raise up the fire in us now Cut through the

fear they made I want my name,

my breath, my ground I want the truth out loud

From the ruin and the doubt We're still rising now Open the

gates inside my chest

Open the sky above this town

I lost you, I found my voice

And I will not lay it down