Verse 1 The sirens quit before the smoke ever cleared Street signs bent like spines that learned how to kneel Glass in my mouth, still tasting the years Every promise melted into scrap and steel We counted names by the scorch on the ground Marked time by the cracks in the sound No winners left to circle the blame Just breathing machines wearing human names Hook This is what’s left when the credits don’t roll This is the cost carved into the bone Chorus After the end, nothing asks permission After the end, no one keeps tradition After the end, silence learns to speak After the end, the air tastes obsolete After the end, hands still reach for proof After the end, truth wears a broken tooth After the end, we stand unclaimed After the end, we stay the same Verse 2 The skyline slumped like a tired machine Wires exposed where faith used to be Broadcast towers coughing their last Selling tomorrow out of the past I saw your face in a cracked display Frozen mid-word you never got to say If this was justice, it missed its cue Just numbers burned into avenues Hook This is what’s left when the signal bends This is the sound of no amends Chorus After the end, nothing asks permission After the end, no one keeps tradition After the end, silence learns to speak After the end, the air tastes obsolete After the end, hands still reach for proof After the end, truth wears a broken tooth After the end, we stand unclaimed After the end, we stay the same Bridge No saints survived the countdown clocks No gods crawled out of the wreckage blocks We built our myths out of borrowed parts Then watched them fail under market sparks If meaning lived, it packed and ran Left us receipts and a closing plan Say what you want about who was wrong The system stood. The people were gone. Hook Say it loud so the ruins hear Nothing resets. We’re still right here. Chorus After the end, nothing asks permission After the end, no one keeps tradition After the end, silence learns to speak After the end, the air tastes obsolete After the end, hands still reach for proof After the end, truth wears a broken tooth After the end, we stand unclaimed After the end, we stay the same
