[Verse 1] You said you walked uphill both ways Through the fire and the rain But somehow when we ask for mercy You just hand us down the pain You bought the house, then burned the bridge Pulled the ladder through the smoke Told us struggle makes us stronger While we’re coughing on the joke [Pre-Chorus] And I’m tired of pretending This is tough love in disguise When the lesson you keep teaching Is just cruelty with a tie [Chorus] You said, “We suffered, so suffer too” Like that’s the best that you could do You call it life, you call it dues But all I hear is “fuck you” We’re not asking for a throne Just a world that feels like home But you broke the door, then blamed the youth When we couldn’t make it through [Drop / Vocal Hook] We suffered, so suffer too That’s not wisdom That’s just “fuck you” We suffered, so suffer too That’s not wisdom That’s just “fuck you” [Verse 2] You preached work hard and play the game But you changed the rules at noon Sold the future for a profit Then said we complain too soon You called our dreams entitlement Called our burnout being weak But we inherited the silence From the promises you breached [Pre-Chorus 2] And maybe pain made you colder Maybe fear became your truth But don’t pass down all your damage And call it proof [Chorus] You said, “We suffered, so suffer too” Like that’s the best that you could do You call it life, you call it dues But all I hear is “fuck you” We’re not asking for a throne Just a world that feels like home But you broke the door, then blamed the youth When we couldn’t make it through [Bridge] I don’t want your bitterness I don’t want your crown I don’t want to build a life By holding someone down If you knew how much it hurt Why would you make more scars? Why mistake a battlefield For who we really are? [Final Build] We could stop the wheel from turning We could end the old excuse We could say, “I suffered once… So I won’t do that to you” [Final Chorus] But you said, “We suffered, so suffer too” Like that’s the best that you could do You call it life, you call it dues But all I hear is “fuck you” We’re the kids you told to dream Now we’re drowning in between All the lies you sold as truth And the world you left us to [Outro] We suffered, so suffer too That’s not wisdom That’s just “fuck you” We suffered, so suffer too We won’t pass it on like you
