They said we'd be safer this way Funny how quiet the silence became I've been watchin' the headlines bleed Same faces, same disease Talk big while the streets decay Truth gets lost in the words they say Sirens hum like a lullaby Telling us sleep while the angels die We trade our trust for a little control But the leash wraps tight till it eats your soul You keep us locked in a glass parade Every promise a masquerade I see through the crown you wear There's nothin' holy there I won't kneel for your hollow crown Can't breathe while you're holdin' me down All your power, all your sound Still can't drown us out You can't drown us out I don't trust what the cameras show Every truth's just a shadow they throw Ice in the alleys, hearts gone numb The nation's pulse on a digital drum Files and secrets, coded lies They rewrite rules just to legalize Every scar that we've learned to hide Every tear we were told to dry You keep us quiet with borrowed fear But I won't fade, I'm still right here If faith is dead, then let it burn Maybe this time we'll learn I won't kneel for your hollow crown You build your thrones where the lost are found We're not blind we're underground You can't drown us out Another press release, another lie Another reason not to even try They feed on chaos, feed on doubt Turn the people in, turn the voices out But I see cracks in the code you write See ghosts in the floodlights every night You built this cage outta guilt and sound We're breakin' out, we're breakin' out Breaking out! I believed once, in something pure I believed once, that hearts endure Now I just fight to stay awake In a world that forgets what it breaks I won't kneel for your hollow crown Your echoes fall but we won't back down We are the static, the underground And you can't drown us out You, can't, drown, us, out! You can bury the truth, but it grows in the dark