Woke Through Thunder Verse 1: Dirt road living under a borrowed sky Creek runs high and the coffee's running dry Pocket full of nothing, head full of plans Just light playing tricks through these weathered hands Rich man's table got no room for me But I've seen enough to know that nothing's free Chorus: I've been down but I ain't under Slept through lightning, woke through thunder You can see the strings and still fall through the gap That's the genius of the trick, the beauty of the trap Verse 2: They built the cage so slowly we thought it was a home Hung mirrors on the bars so we'd feel less alone Called the illusion freedom, called the contract choice Taught us all to sing along and called it our own voice Nothing on the news is new, nothing's what it seems We're all just characters inside each other's dreams Chorus Verse 3: The billionaire and the bush camp under the same moon The beggar and the banker singing the same tune We're all just wearing costumes we've forgotten to ignore Pixels in a painting, nothing less nothing more Awake inside the dreaming, laughing at the cost Knowing that you're found my friend the moment that you're lost Chorus What is money but a number we agreed to fear What is struggle but the universe just shifting gear The creek don't know my debts, the rain don't know my name And the mountain smiles at everyone who plays the game So build your castles carefully or don't build them at all The joke's the same whether you rise or whether you fall I've been down but I ain't under Slept through lightning, woke through thunder The construct holds us like water holds the rain Until we pour ourselves back into everything again Still the morning comes around Still the fire makes its sound Still something in the joke says rise And wink at the light behind your eyes Wink at the light... Behind your eyes...
