We built these walls just to watch them fall
We worship kings that we've never even seen
Trading our sunlight for a flicker of the light
Doing exactly what we're told
I see the ink running dry on the page
Another actor on a crumbling stage

The wind is picking up speed
Ignoring everything we need

We're all wearing fake crowns
Waiting for the rain to come and wash us down
High above the world, but we're standing on the ground
Breaking every single pledge
In a kingdom made of sand
In the hollow of our hand

The borders are bleeding, the lines have been blurred
We're shouting for mercy but nobody's heard
You sell us the cure while you spread the disease
Bringing a nation to its knees
The throne is a shadow, the scepter is cold
Just like the stories we were sold

We're all wearing fake crowns
Waiting for the rain to come and wash us down
High above the world, but we're standing on the ground
We're all wearing fake crowns
Waiting for the rain to come and wash us down
High above the world, but we're standing on the ground

Heavy is the head
Heavy is the head
Bring me back
He... He-heavy is the head
Bring me back to life