Sound off 1 - 2 Sound off 3 - 4 Left-right-left Left-left-right-left Left-right-left Left-left-right-left Heel-toe-heel Step-cut-spin-step Left-right-left Left-left-right-left Boot-stomp — switch step Drag-step — slide Left-right-left Left-left-right-left Spent too many nights staring at the ceiling Static in my chest, couldn’t trust the feeling Fairy tales lied — no castle for the brave Dog tags cold — ghosts marching down the rows Rumplestiltskin spinning gold from desperate hands While I turned fear and sleepless nights into battle plans Dow-Dow-Down by the river, took a little walk Heard the night whisper every word I lost Dust on the frame from the man that I was Pinocchio lied - we buried the pa-pa-pain Sleeping Beauty waited for love to wake I woke to sirens and walls that shake Hands in the air, got nothing to prove Ain’t no use in looking down No spent brass left on the ground Sound-off cadence still stuck in my veins Left-right-left when it starts to rain I’m back on my feet, can’t hold me down I’m feeling that beat in this little town Jump boots sitting by the bedroom door But tonight they don’t control me anymore Now the city’s calling out my name Street-St-St-Streetlights streak like runaway trains Dropping all the deadweight off my back Tonight I’m breaking free at last Tiny bubbles and the whiskey’s cold Laughing through stories we never told Windows down chasing midnight scars Turning old checkpoints into crowded bars Prince Charming never walked patrol at night Never learned fear in a red flashlight Red Riding Hood ain’t scared anymore She became the wolf they trained for war But the rhythm changed when the band broke through Now the whole damn floor moves two by two Combat boots by the doorway stay Tonight the dancing shoes came out to play Mama mama can’t you see What this whole damn war did to me Taught my heartbeat how to brace Now the bassline shakes the place Mirror mirror hanging cracked on the wall Who survives long enough to outgrow the fall? Alice saw wonderland down the rabbit hole I saw strange worlds staring through a rifle scope Left-right-left with the ache in formation Left-left-right-left through the synchronization Steel-toe memories scrape through the strobe-light smoke Sabot rounds when the subwoofers blow Jack chased giants climbing into the sky I chased shadows underneath infrared eyes Beauty found the beast buried under the rage I found mine staring back through the cage The Pied Piper played while the whole town danced Now the whole crowd sways when I grab the mic stand Nine-line chatter used to fill the night sky Now it’s the roar I hear when I hold my hands high Went from calling medevacs through smoke and flame To hearing strangers screamin' out my name Pain came fast But the feet still learned No more waiting, no more wasting Got my heartbeat back, it’s racing Life moves fast, no time to lose Tonight I’m learning how to move I’m back on my feet, can’t hold me down I’m feeling that beat shaking up this town Dress it right, cover down, forty inches all around Left-right-left like the ground still pounds Whole crowd moving when the kick drum moves Trading combat boots for dancing shoes Hands to the sky, got nothing to lose March cadence bent into a backbeat sway Turned survival instinct into ballet Left-right-left with the soles half gone I’m a steamroller still movin' on Click-flash strobe-light cut through smoke Whole floor moving when the drumline broke Every scar stitched tight into what I became Tonight the broken parts remember my name Left-right-left through the flashing lights Old war shadows fading out tonight From battlefield blues to midnight hues Yeah, I survived what I thought I’d lose Tonight I’m breaking free with you
