[Verse 1] The market burns before noon Phones lit up like a warning moon Kids skip stones by a boarded wall Drones hum low, then the sirens call We learned to smile with clenched-up teeth Count our losses, bite our grief Every door got a second lock Every prayer hits a broken clock [Pre-Chorus] Ya rab, what have we made? Ash in the well, and the bread half-baked Hold your breath, stay hard, stay near The ground keeps shaking year by year [Chorus] World gone wild World gone wild We survive in the fire World gone wild World gone wild Still we rise through the wire [Verse 2] News rolls by on a cracked-up screen Lies dressed up in a prayerful sheen Borders drawn with a ruler and fear Then they fade when the smoke gets near Mothers pack with a quiet stare One small bag and a strand of hair Fathers walk like their backs got stone Carrying hope like a broken bone [Pre-Chorus] Ya rab, hear the crush Hear the dust when the towers hush Hold your hand to the beating chest Tell me who gets peace, who gets rest [Chorus] World gone wild World gone wild We survive in the fire World gone wild World gone wild Still we rise through the wire [Bridge] When the dust comes down And the wolves all lose their names I will stand my ground With the salt and all the blame If the sky falls in Let it break, let it break on me I was born in the storm I still know how to breathe [Breakdown] Take the noise Take the shame We are not Made to kneel Take the fear Say my name We are iron We are real [Final Chorus] World gone wild World gone wild We survive in the fire World gone wild World gone wild Still we rise through the wire World gone wild World gone wild Hear us roar in the fire
